The bis(ethene) complex [Ir(kappa (2)-acac)(C2H4)(2)] (1) reacts with tertiary phosphanes to give the monosubstitution products [Ir(kappa (2)-acac)(C2H4)(PR3)] (2-5). While 2 (R = iPr) is inert toward PiPr(3), the reaction of 2 with diphenylacetylene affords the pi -alkyne complex [Ir(kappa (2)-acac)(C2Ph2)-(PiPr(3))] (6). Treatment of [IrCl(C2H4)(4)] with C-functionalized acetylacetonates yields the compounds [Ir(kappa (2)-acacR(1,2))(C2H4)(2)] (8, 9), which react with PiPr(3) to give [Ir(kappa (2)-acacR(1,2))(C2H4)(PiPr(3))] (10, 11) by displacement of one ethene ligand. UV irradiation of 5 (PR3 = iPr(2)PCH(2)-CO2Me) and 11 (R-2 = (CH2)(3)CO2Me) leads, after addition of PiPr(3), to the formation of the hydrido(vinyl)iridium (III) complexes 7 and 12. The reaction of 2 with the ethene derivatives CH2=CHR (R = CN, OC(O)Me, C(O)Me) affords the compounds [Ir(kappa (2)-acac)(CH2=CHR)(PiPr(3))] (13-15), which on photolysis in the presence of PiPr(3) also undergo an intramolecular C-H activation. In contrast, the analogous complexes [Ir(kappa (2)-acac)(olefin)(PiPr(3))] (olefin = (E)-C2H2(CO2Me)(2) 16, (Z)-C2H2(CO2Me)(2) 17) are photochemically inert.
The bis(ethene) complex [Ir(kappa (2)-acac)(C2H4)(2)] (1) reacts with tertiary phosphanes to give the monosubstitution products [Ir(kappa (2)-acac)(C2H4)(PR3)] (2-5). While 2 (R = iPr) is inert toward PiPr(3), the reaction of 2 with diphenylacetylene affords the pi -alkyne complex [Ir(kappa (2)-acac)(C2Ph2)-(PiPr(3))] (6). Treatment of [IrCl(C2H4)(4)] with C-functionalized acetylacetonates yields the compounds [Ir(kappa (2)-acacR(1,2))(C2H4)(2)] (8, 9), which react with PiPr(3) to give [Ir(kappa (2)-acacR(1,2))(C2H4)(PiPr(3))] (10, 11) by displacement of one ethene ligand. UV irradiation of 5 (PR3 = iPr(2)PCH(2)-CO2Me) and 11 (R-2 = (CH2)(3)CO2Me) leads, after addition of PiPr(3), to the formation of the hydrido(vinyl)iridium (III) complexes 7 and 12. The reaction of 2 with the ethene derivatives CH2=CHR (R = CN, OC(O)Me, C(O)Me) affords the compounds [Ir(kappa (2)-acac)(CH2=CHR)(PiPr(3))] (13-15), which on photolysis in the presence of PiPr(3) also undergo an intramolecular C-H activation. In contrast, the analogous complexes [Ir(kappa (2)-acac)(olefin)(PiPr(3))] (olefin = (E)-C2H2(CO2Me)(2) 16, (Z)-C2H2(CO2Me)(2) 17) are photochemically inert.