The Unexpected Role of CO in C H Oxidative Addition by a Cationic Rhodium (I) Complex

…, Y Ben??David, JML Martin, D Milstein

Index: Montag, Michael; Schwartsburd, Leonid; Cohen, Revital; Leitus, Gregory; Ben-David, Yehoshoa; Martin, Jan M. L.; Milstein, David Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2007 , vol. 46, # 11 p. 1901 - 1904

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Abstract

The activation of strong carbon–hydrogen bonds by transition metals is one of the fundamental fields of current organometallic chemistry. This process occurs by one of several possible pathways that are generally dependant on the electron density at the metal center.[1] For electron-rich, low-valent transition metals the typical pathway for CÀH cleavage is oxidative addition, which leads to the corresponding alkyl or aryl hydride ...