Me. Cucciolito et al., SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION, AND REACTIONS OF [PDPHCL(2,9-DIMETHYL-1-10-PHENANTHROLINE)] WITH OLEFINS, Organometallics, 14(11), 1995, pp. 5410-5414
Dichlorodiphenyllead(IV) acts, through an oxidative-addition process,
as a phenylating reagent on [Pd(N,N-chelate)(olefin)] substrates. The
previously unknown [PdPhCl(dmphen)] (dmphen 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanth
roline) compound has been synthesized and characterized by an X-ray st
ructural analysis. The reactions of this complex and of its related ca
tionic species [PdPh(dmphen)(MeCN)](+) with ethylene and propene have
also been studied.