Iridium dimethyl sulfoxide

Iridium dimethyl sulfoxide complex isopropanol Ketones from a,) -ethyleneketones s. 23,69 s. a. Soc. Perkin I 1974, 601... 

Hydrogen transfer reactions are catalyzed by several iridium complexes, including the dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) complexes cis- and trans-[Ir(Cl)4(DMSO)2]", [Ir(Cl)3(DMSO)3] and [lr(H)-(Cl)2(DMSO)3], as well as the cyclooctadiene (cod) complexes [Ir(Cl)(cod)]2 and [Ir(3,4,7,8-Me4phen)(cod)], and tra 5-[Ir(Cl)(CO)(PPh3)2]. Vaska s complex catalyzes the conversion of p-methoxybenzoyl chloride to the corresponding aldehyde. The dimethyl sulfoxide iridium(III) complexes catalyze hydrogen transfer from propan-2-ol to unhindered cyclohexanones to yield cyclohexanols, while the cod complexes serve as catalysts in the transfer of hydrogen from propan-2-ol to alkenes, ketones and a,/3-unsaturated ketones. ... 

Interestingly, one-component catalysts consisting of salts of ruthenium, rhodium, iridium, nickel, and palladium in polar solvents such as ethanol, water, and dimethyl sulfoxide gave different polymers as a function of the metal salt ruthenium and iridium catalysts yieled ring-opened polymers, while rhodium, nickel and palladium catalysts led to addition polymers. 

A Cr(VI) sulfoxide complex has been postulated after interaction of [CrOjtClj] with MejSO (385), but the complex was uncharacterized as it was excessively unstable. It was observed that hydrolysis of the product led to the formation of dimethyl sulfone. The action of hydrogen peroxide on mesityl ferrocencyl sulfide in basic media yields both mesityl ferrocenyl sulfoxide (21%) and the corresponding sulfone (62%) via a reaction similar to the Smiles rearrangement (165). Catalytic air oxidation of sulfoxides by rhodium and iridium complexes has been observed. Rhodium(III) and iridium(III) chlorides are catalyst percursors for this reaction, but ruthenium(III), osmium(III), and palladium(II) chlorides are not (273). The metal complex and sulfoxide are dissolved in hot propan-2-ol/water (9 1) and the solution purged with air to achieve oxidation. The metal is recovered as a noncrystalline, but still catalytically active, material after reaction (272). The most active precursor was [IrHClj(S-Me2SO)3], and it was observed that alkyl sulfoxides oxidize more readily than aryl sulfoxides, while thioethers are not oxidized as complex formation occurs. 

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