The palladium (II) induced alkylation of styrenes. Kinetics, stereochemistry, and mechanism

S Murahashi, M Yamamura, N Mita

Index: Murahashi,S.-I. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1977 , vol. 42, # 17 p. 2870 - 2874

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Abstract

Ph/c= c\, methylpalladium species20 or methyllithium initially approaches styrenes displaced toward not the a carbon but the/3 carbon atom. Apparently palladium is effectively the smallest part of the organopalladium species. The relatively long palladium-carbon bond and the square planar geometry about the palladium combine to produce a relatively small