Exchange Catalyzed by Iridium Cyclopentadienides

The first report of the use of the complex Cp (PMe3)IrCl2 ( Cp = pentamethylcyclopen-tadienyl) for the deuteration (135 °C, 40 h) of test substrates, including 91-93. in as both isotope source and solvent were published in 2002. The ability of this complex to 

There are no reports of the use of iridium cyclopentadienide complexes with tritiated water. Such applications would be expected to have disadvantages similar to RhCl3-3H20 and related systems (Section 3.4.1) in terms of specific activity limits and the possibility of thermal decomposition of substrates, but with the additional uncertainty of its applicability to a range of substrate structures and functions. 

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