This work was supported by the Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica (MURST, Rome) and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR, Rome). Mass spectrometric and NMR spectroscopic facilities were provided by Centro Interfacoltà dell'Università di Parma.
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Palladacycles as Intermediates for Selective Dialkylation of Arenes and Subsequent Fragmentation†
Article first published online: 22 DEC 2003
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199424211
Copyright © 1994 by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Germany
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
Volume 33, Issue 23-24, pages 2421–2422, January 3, 1995
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Catellani, M. and Fagnola, M. C. (1995), Palladacycles as Intermediates for Selective Dialkylation of Arenes and Subsequent Fragmentation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 33: 2421–2422. doi: 10.1002/anie.199424211
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- Issue published online: 22 DEC 2003
- Article first published online: 22 DEC 2003
- Manuscript Revised: 11 JUL 1994
- Manuscript Received: 3 MAY 1994
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Palladacycles like 1 undergo spontaneous rupture of the C–C bond between the aliphatic and aromatic parts of the norbornyl-phenyl ligand after selective meta-dialkylation of the arene ring through PdIV intermediates like 2. This reaction proceeds smoothly without β-H elimination with alkyl and benzyl halides RX.

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