Iridium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Reactions

This chapter summarizes the recent advances in homogeneous iridium complex-catalyzed dehydrogenative reactions, covering the dehydrogenation of alkanes, heterocyclic compounds, alcohols, and formic acid. Both simple reactions affording unsaturated products and relatively sophisticated organic transformations triggered by substrate dehydrogenation are discussed, and many of the listed catalytic systems are revealed to have become important tools for organic synthesis.