Cyclometalation via Carbon–Fluorine Bond Activation Induced
by Silver Particles

Thomas, Hayden
P.; Wang, Yue-Ming; Lorenzini, Fabio; Coles, Simon J.; Horton, Peter N.; Marr, Andrew C.; Saunders, Graham C.

doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00872.s001

Cyclometalation via Carbon–Fluorine Bond Activation Induced by Silver Particles

journal contribution

posted on 2017-02-27, 16:51 authored by Hayden P. Thomas, Yue-Ming Wang, Fabio Lorenzini, Simon J. Coles, Peter N. Horton, Andrew C. Marr, Graham C. Saunders

On treatment with either freshly prepared silver nanoparticles or silver particles mechanochemically generated by stirring silver(I) oxide in dichloromethane, the complex [Cp*IrCl₂(κC-MeNC₃H₂NCH₂C₆F₅)] underwent a rapid and clean cyclometalation involving carbonfluorine bond fission to afford the product [Cp*IrCl(κC²-MeNC₃H₂NCH₂C₆F₄)].