Organometallic Iridium Complexes of (Z)-1-Phenyl-2-(4′,4′-dimethyl-2′-oxazolin-2′-yl)-eth-1-en-1-ate: Structural Aspects, Reactivity and Applications in the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Alkanes

The treatment of [IrCl(cod)]2 with (Z)-1-phenyl-2-(4′,4′-dimethyl-2′-oxazolin-2′-yl)-eth-1-en-1-ol (HL) in the presence of base yields the first Ir complex of this ligand class: Ir(κ2-N,O-L)(cod) (...