Gm. Kapteijn et al., A NEW MIXED ALKOXO ARYLOXO PALLADIUM COMPLEX WITH A BIDENTATE NITROGEN DONOR SYSTEM, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 207(1), 1993, pp. 131-134
The reaction of [Pd(OPh)2(bpy)] with 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol
affords a 'mixed' aryloxo alkoxo palladium complex, [Pd(OCH(CF3)2)(OP
h)(HOPh)(bpy)] (4). A single crystal X-ray diffraction study of 4 show
s the presence of an intermolecular O-H ... O hydrogen bond and an int
ramolecular C-H ... O interaction, which could represent the initial s
tage of a base-assisted beta-hydride elimination.