Inorganic Chemistry 2008-01-07

Xenon difluoride induced aryl iodide reductive elimination: a simple access to difluoropalladium(II) complexes.

Ariela W Kaspi, Anette Yahav-Levi, Israel Goldberg, Arkadi Vigalok

Index: Inorg. Chem. 47(1) , 5-7, (2008)

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Abstract

Palladium(II) aryliodo complexes bearing chelating diphosphine ligands react with XeF2, giving iodoarene and rare palladium(II) difluoro complexes. The reaction is general with regard to the aryl group, with even C6F5-I undergoing facile reductive elimination from a Pd center.