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The osmium(rv) tetraaryl complex [Os(C8H9)(4)] (C8H9 = 2,5-dimethylphenyl)
reacts with pyridinium tribromide in the presence of Fe powder to give [Os(
C8H8Br)(4)], which undergoes Suzuki coupling with arylboronic acids to affo
rd a series of homoleptic functionalised aryls of osmium(IV).