Uses
(1,5-Cyclooctadiene)bis(methyldiphenylphosphine)iridium(I) hexafluorophosphate is an air-stable cationic iridium complex, generally employed in allyl isomerization reactions. Upon bubbling hydrogen into the solution of [Ir(cod)(PPh
2Me)
2]PF
6, preferably in tetrahydrofuran, results in the formation of active catalyst [IrH
2(solv)
2(PPh
2Me)
2]PF
6 which can be used in the isomerization of 3-(silyloxy)-1-propenylboronates to (γ-(silyloxy)allyl)boronic esters; diallyl ethers to allyl (
E)-vinyl ethers and 1-alkenylboronates to corresponding 3-alkoxyallylboronates.
