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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Hydrogenolysis of carbon–carbon σ-bonds using water catalysed by semi-rigid diiridium(iii) porphyrins

Ching Wai FongKin Shing ChanHo Yin YuClaude P. Gros

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HydrogenChemistryReinforced carbon–carbonchemistry.chemical_elementEther02 engineering and technologyGeneral Chemistry010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyCleavage (embryo)01 natural sciencesPorphyrinCatalysis0104 chemical sciencesCatalysischemistry.chemical_compoundHydrogenolysisPolymer chemistryMaterials Chemistry0210 nano-technology

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Semi-rigid diiridium(III) porphyrin alkyls with m-xylyl and p-xylyl diether linkers were synthesized. They were found to be catalysts for the carbon–carbon σ-bond hydrogenolysis of [2.2]paracyclophane under neutral conditions using water as the hydrogen source. The ether linkages in semi-rigid diiridium(III) porphyrins are unstable and undergo cleavage during the reaction.

https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nj05664a