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Crabtree's catalyst
Names


IUPAC name (SP-4)-(η,η-Cycloocta-1,5-diene)(pyridine)(tricyclohexylphosphane)iridium(1+) hexafluoridophosphate(1−)
Identifiers
CAS Number	64536-78-3
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChemSpider	21170841
ECHA InfoCard	100.164.161
PubChem CID	5702647
UNII	816RS2NBPN
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID10370362
InChI InChI=1S/C18H33P.C8H12.C5H5N.F6P.Ir/c1-4-10-16(11-5-1)19(17-12-6-2-7-13-17)18-14-8-3-9-15-18;1-2-4-6-8-7-5-3-1;1-2-4-6-5-3-1;1-7(2,3,4,5)6;/h16-18H,1-15H2;1-2,7-8H,3-6H2;1-5H;;/q;;;-1;+1/b;2-1-,8-7-;;;Key: UJXHUUQZACSUOG-KJWGIZLLSA-N InChI=1/C18H33P.C8H12.C5H5N.F6P.Ir/c1-4-10-16(11-5-1)19(17-12-6-2-7-13-17)18-14-8-3-9-15-18;1-2-4-6-8-7-5-3-1;1-2-4-6-5-3-1;1-7(2,3,4,5)6;/h16-18H,1-15H2;1-2,7-8H,3-6H2;1-5H;;/q;;;-1;+1/b;2-1-,8-7-;;;Key: UJXHUUQZACSUOG-KJWGIZLLBW
SMILES c1ccncc1.C1CCC(CC1)P(C2CCCCC2)C3CCCCC3.C1/C=C\CC/C=C\C1.F(F)(F)(F)(F)F.
Properties
Chemical formula	C₃₁H₅₀F₆IrNP₂
Molar mass	804.9026 g/mol
Appearance	Yellow microcrystals
Melting point	150 °C (302 °F; 423 K) (decomposes)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). N verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Chemical compound

Crabtree's catalyst is an organoiridium compound with the formula PF₆. It is a homogeneous catalyst for hydrogenation and hydrogen-transfer reactions, developed by Robert H. Crabtree. This air stable orange solid is commercially available and known for its directed hydrogenation to give trans stereoselectivity with respective of directing group.

Structure and synthesis

The complex has a square planar molecular geometry, as expected for a d complex. It is prepared from cyclooctadiene iridium chloride dimer.

Reactivity

Crabtree’s catalyst is effective for the hydrogenations of mono-, di-, tri-, and tetra-substituted substrates. Whereas Wilkinson’s catalyst and the Schrock–Osborn catalyst do not catalyze the hydrogenation of a tetrasubstituted olefin, Crabtree’s catalyst does so to at high turnover frequencies (table).

Turnover frequencies
Substrate	Wilkinson's catalyst	Schrock–Osborn catalyst	Crabtree's catalyst
Hex-1-ene	650	4000	6400
Cyclohexene	700	10	4500
1-Methylcyclohexene	13	—	3800
2,3-Dimethyl-but-2-ene	—	—	4000

The catalyst is reactive at room temperature. The reaction is robust without drying solvents or meticulous deoxygenation of the hydrogen. The catalyst is tolerant of weakly basic functional groups such as ester, but not alcohols (see below) or amines. The catalyst is sensitive to proton-bearing impurities.

The catalyst becomes irreversibly deactivated after about ten minutes at room temperature, signaled by appearance of yellow color. One deactivation process involves formation of hydride-bridged dimers. As a consequence, Crabtree's Catalyst is usually used in very low catalyst loading.

Crabtree's catalyst is thought to operate via an intermediate such as this: *cis*- (cationic charge not shown).

Other catalytic functions: isotope exchange and isomerization

Besides hydrogenation, the catalyst catalyzes the isomerization and hydroboration of alkenes.

An example of isomerization with Crabtree's catalyst. The reaction proceeds 98% to completion in 30 minutes at room temperature.

Crabtree's catalyst is used in isotope exchange reactions. More specifically, it catalyzes the direct exchange of a hydrogen atom with its isotopes deuterium and tritium, without the use of an intermediate. It has been shown that isotope exchange with Crabtree’s catalyst is highly regioselective.

Influence of directing functional groups

The hydrogenation of a terpen-4-ol demonstrates the ability of compounds with directing groups (the –OH group) to undergo diastereoselective hydrogenation. With palladium on carbon in ethanol the product distribution is 20:80 favoring the cis isomer (2B in Scheme 1). The polar side (with the hydroxyl group) interacts with the solvent. This is due to slight haptophilicity, an effect in which a functional group binds to the surface of a heterogeneous catalyst and directs the reaction. In cyclohexane as solvent, the distribution changes to 53:47 because haptophilicity is no long present (there is no directing group on cyclohexane). The distribution changes completely in favor of the trans isomer 2A when Crabtree's catalyst is used in dichloromethane. This selectivity is both predictable and practically useful. Carbonyl groups are also known to direct the hydrogenation by the Crabtree catalyst to be highly regioselective.

The directing effect that causes the stereoselectivity of hydrogenation of terpen-4-ol with Crabtree’s catalyst is shown below.

Directing effect of an –OH group on diastereoselectivity of hydrogenation by Crabtree's catalyst. Hydrogen is added from the direction of the iridium atom, selecting for the reactivity shown above. Additional ligands on catalyst not shown.

History

Crabtree and graduate student George Morris discovered this catalyst in the 1970s while working on iridium analogues of Wilkinson's rhodium-based catalyst at the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles at Gif-sur-Yvette, near Paris.

Previous hydrogenation catalysts included Wilkinson’s catalyst and a cationic rhodium(I) complex with two phosphine groups developed by Osborn and Schrock. These catalysts accomplished hydrogenation through displacement; after hydrogen addition across the metal, a solvent or a phosphine group dissociated from the rhodium metal so the olefin to be hydrogenated could gain access to the active site. This displacement occurs quickly for rhodium complexes but occurs barely at all for iridium complexes. Because of this, research at the time focused on rhodium compounds instead of compounds involving transition metals of the third row, like iridium. Wilkinson, Osborn, and Schrock also only used coordinating solvents.

Crabtree noted that the ligand dissociation step does not occur in heterogeneous catalysis, and so posited that this step was limiting in homogeneous systems. They sought catalysts with "irreversibly created active sites in a noncoordinating solvent." This led to the development of the Crabtree catalyst, and use of the solvent CH₂Cl₂.

References

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