Selective isomerization of methylpentanes on iridium catalysts
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 11,p. 519-520
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39790000519
Abstract
The very fast isomerization of 2-methyl[2-13C]-pentane to 3-methyl[3-13C]pentane and the selective hydrogenolysis of methylcyclopentane to methylpentanes on iridium suggest the participation of metallocarbenes and metallocarbyne as reaction intermediates.Keywords
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