title: C-H and C-O oxidative addition in reactions of aryl carboxylates with a PNP pincer-ligated Rh(I) fragment.
abstract: Reactions of a series of phenyl esters with a (PNP)Rh fragment have been studied. PhO(2)CPh only underwent C-H oxidative addition (OA). PhO(2)CCF(3) chiefly underwent acyl-oxygen OA. PhO(2)CBu(t) and PhO(2)CNEt(2) initially underwent OA of an ortho-C-H bond of the phenyl group but continued thermolysis led to the phenyl-oxygen OA products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77842, USA.
authors.forename: Yanjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Dan A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Herbert
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gatard
authors.forename: Oleg V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Ozerov