American Chemical Society, Organometallics, 1(31), p. 39-41
DOI: 10.1021/om201049p
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A PNP-pincer iridium dihydride performs the H/D exchange between aromatic substrates and tertiary hydrosilanes and D_(2)O or C_(6)D_(6). Complete incorporation of deuterium into sterically accessible C_(ar)–H and Si–H bonds was observed at a moderate temperature of 80 °C.