title: Synthesis, structural, and electron topographical analyses of a dialkylbiaryl phosphine/arene-ligated palladium(I) dimer: enhanced reactivity in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions.
abstract: The treatment of bis(2-(dicyclohexylphosphino)-2',6'-dimethoxybiphenyl)PdCl2 with AgBF4 produces an air-stable phosphine/arene-ligated Pd(I) dimer with two seemingly identical Pd-arene interactions by X-ray crystallography. However, NMR and theoretical electron topographical analyses of this complex distinguish between these two interactions. One interaction is classified as an arenium-like complex, while the other is classified as a pi-interaction. Additionally, this complex is a suitable precatalyst for high yielding Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions in short reaction times.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. tbarder@mit.edu
authors.forename: Timothy E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Barder
mesh_terms: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D019281:Dimerization; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010720:Phosphines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010720:Phosphines; D010165:Palladium