Variable coordination of amine functionalised N-heterocyclic carbene ligands to Ru, Rh and Ir: C-H and N-H activation and catalytic transfer hydrogenation

Variable coordination of amine functionalised N-heterocyclic carbene ligands to Ru, Rh and Ir: C-H and N-H activation and catalytic transfer hydrogenation:

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10753D, Paper

Warren B. Cross, Christopher G. Daly, Youcef Boutadla, Kuldip Singh
Reactions of amine functionalised imidazolium salts with half-sandwich Ru(II), Rh(III) and Ir(III) halides are reported, including the first primary amine- or amido-NHC complexes of Rh and Ir.

The recipe for TH (transfer hydrogenation). M-H and N-H together. Usually N-H is NH2 tethered to PR3 or NTs.