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Crabtree’s catalyst is the name given to a complex of iridium with 15-cyclooctadiene tris-cyclohexylphosphine and pyridine. It is a homogeneous catalyst for hydrogenation reactions developed by Robert H. Crabtree a professor at Yale University.

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IUPAC name
(SP-4)tris(cyclohexyl)phosphane, [(1-2-η:5-6-η)-cycloocta-15-diene], pyridineiridium(1+) hexafluoridophosphate(1−)

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