Structurally characterized intermediates in the stepwise insertion of CO-ethylene or CO-methyl acrylate into the metal-carbon bond of Pd(II) complexes stabilized by (phosphinomethyl)oxazoline ligands

Magno Agostinho; Pierre Braunstein

doi:10.1039/b613865a

Structurally characterized intermediates in the stepwise insertion of CO-ethylene or CO-methyl acrylate into the metal-carbon bond of Pd(II) complexes stabilized by (phosphinomethyl)oxazoline ligands

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Jan 7:(1):58-60. doi: 10.1039/b613865a. Epub 2006 Nov 23.

Authors

Magno Agostinho¹, Pierre Braunstein

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (UMR 7177 CNRS), Institut de Chimie, Université Louis Pasteur, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, F-67070 Strasbourg Cédex, France.

PMID: 17279260
DOI: 10.1039/b613865a

Abstract

The initial CO-ethylene or CO-methyl acrylate insertion steps into the Pd-Me bond of methylpalladium(II) complexes with (phosphinomethyl)oxazoline ligands, leading to metallacycles, have been fully characterized, including by X-ray diffraction.