A Tailored Organometallic–Inorganic Hybrid Mesostructured Material: A Route to a Well‐Defined, Active, and Reusable Heterogeneous Iridium‐NHC Catalyst for H/D Exchange

Abstract

A tailored hybrid mesostructured material containing regularly distributed imidazolium units, and subsequent transformation of these imidazolium moieties into Ir-NHC (NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes via the formation of Ag-NHC species in situ and further transmetalation with [{IrCp*Cl2}2], gives a well-defined, active, and reusable Ir-NHC heterogeneous catalyst for H/D exchange reactions (see picture).