An. Vedernikov et al., REVERSIBLE THERMAL CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND-CLEAVAGE IN ALKANES AND ARENES WITH DIHALOGENOBIS(TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE)PALLADIUM(II) COMPLEXES, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (1), 1994, pp. 121-122
Dihalogenobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) complexes 1, PdX(2)(PPh
(3))(2) (X = Cl, Br, l), reacts reversibly with saturated and aromatic
hydrocarbons RH (RH = p-xylene, toluene, benzene, n-hexane, cyclohexa
ne), slowly at ambient temperature and rapidly on heating at 70-130 de
grees C, to produce ogeno(organo)bis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(IV)
complexes 2, Pd(H)(R)X(2)(PPh(3))(2); in the presence of bases comple
xes 2 eliminate hydrogen halide forming organobis(triphenylphosphine)p
alladium(II) halide 3, Pd(R)X(PPh(3))(2).