"Inverse-electron-demand" ligand substitution in palladium(0)-olefin complexes.
Ligand substitution reactions are ubiquitous in transition-metal chemistry and catalysis. Investigation of ligand substitution reactions for a series of electron-rich palladium(0)-olefin complexes, (bathocuproine)Pd(nitrostyrene) reveals an unprecedented mechanism in which the metal serves as the nucleophilic partner in an "associative" substitution pathway.
Stahl
Shannon S
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Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA. stahl@chem.wisc.edu
Thorman
Joseph L
JL
de Silva
Namal
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Guzei
Ilia A
IA
Clark
Robert W
RW