RT Journal Article T1 Preparation and degradation of rhodium and iridium diolefin catalysts for the acceptorless and base-free dehydrogenation of secondary alcohols A1 Buil Juan, M Luisa A1 Collado Martínez, Alba A1 Gómez Gallego, María Del Mar A1 Esteruelas Rodrigo, Miguel Ángel A1 Sierra Rodríguez, Miguel Ángel A1 Oñate, Enrique A1 Nicasio, Antonio AB Rhodium and iridium diolefin catalysts for the acceptorless and base-free dehydrogenation of secondary alcohols have been prepared, and their degradation has been investigated, during the study of the reactivity of the dimers [M(μ-Cl)(η4-C8H12)]2 (M = Rh (1), Ir (2)) and [M(μ-OH)(η4-C8H12)]2 (M =Rh (3), Ir (4)) with 1,3-bis(6′-methyl-2′-pyridylimino)isoindoline (HBMePHI). Complex 1 reacts with HBMePHI, in dichloromethane, to afford equilibrium mixtures of 1, the mononuclear derivative RhCl(η4-C8H12){κ1-Npy-(HBMePHI)} (5), and the binuclear species [RhCl(η4-C8H12)]2{μ-Npy,Npy-(HBMePHI)} (6). Under the same conditions, complex 2 affords the iridium counterparts IrCl(η4-C8H12){κ1-Npy-(HBMePHI)} (7) and [IrCl- (η4-C8H12)]2{μ-Npy,Npy-(HBMePHI)} (8). In contrast to chloride, one of the hydroxide groups of 3 and 4 promotes the deprotonation of HBMePHI to give [M(η4-C8H12)]2(μ-OH){μ-Npy,Niso-(BMePHI)} (M = Rh (9), Ir (10)), which are efficient precatalysts for the acceptorless and base-free dehydrogenation of secondary alcohols. In the presence of KOtBu, the [BMePHI]− ligand undergoes three different degradations: alcoholysis of an exocyclicisoindoline-N double bond, alcoholysis of a pyridyl-N bond, and opening of the five-membered ring of the isoindoline core PB ACS SN 0276-7333 YR 2021 FD 2021-03-31 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/110688 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/110688 LA eng NO Organometallics 2021, 40, 989−1003 NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación NO Fundación Ramón Areces DS Docta Complutense RD 9 abr 2025