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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
A dicoordinate palladium(0) complex with an unusual intramolecular eta(1)-arene coordination
Steven M Reid1, Robert C Boyle, Joel T Mague
1Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA.
Abstract:
The reaction of (tmeda)PdMe2 with dcpBiph gives (dcpBiph)2Pd in high yield. The solid-state structure of (dcpBiph)2Pd reveals a bent P-Pd-P framework and an unusual eta1-arene interaction between the palladium and the distal ring of one of the biphenyl substituents. In solution, an additional conformer exists which does not show a pi-interaction with a biphenyl ring. The low-coordinate complex, (dcpBiph)2Pd, undergoes C-X oxidative addition reactions with PhX (X = I, Br, Cl). A minor product resulting from metalation of the biphenyl ring is also observed.
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