title: Synthesis, structure, and reductive elimination chemistry of three-coordinate arylpalladium amido complexes.
abstract: Four three-coordinate arylpalladium amido complexes with a single hindered phosphine were isolated and structurally characterized. Each possessed a T-shaped geometry. Several of these complexes possessed true three-coordinate structures that lacked any additional coordination by ligand C-H bonds. All of the three-coordinate complexes underwent reductive elimination to form the corresponding triarylamine. A comparison of the rate of reaction of the three-coordinate compounds demonstrated that the rate of elimination from the pentaphenylferrocenyl di-tert-butylphosphine complex were the fastest. A comparison of the rates of reactions between three-coordinate and four-coordinate complexes showed that the rates were much faster from the three-coordinate complexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, USA.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Hartwig
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D010165:Palladium