Feliu Maseras and co-workers from ICIQ in Tarragona, Spain examine the complicated, yet ubiquitous, process that is oxidative addition (OA). The team use DFT to systematically study OA of CH3Br to palladium bis-phosphine and mono-phosphine complexes. A number of trends can be identified, resulting in a complex picture where the nature of the phosphine and the solvent can be tuned to favor one of the two possible mechanisms, with the corresponding stereochemical implications that can be extrapolated to the behaviour of more sophisticated substrates. Access for free until the 16th September…………
Phosphine and solvent effects on oxidative addition of CH3Br to Pd(PR3) and Pd(PR3)2 complexes
Maria Besora, Christophe Gourlaouen, Brian Yates and Feliu Maseras
Dalton Trans., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10983A
