Formation of (PNP)Rh complexes containing covalent rhodium–zinc bonds in studies of potential Rh-catalysed Negishi coupling?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2017-05-23 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC02707A

Abstract

While investigating rhodium-catalyzed Negishi coupling, it was observed that the (PNP)Rh fragment readily inserted into zinc–carbon bonds to form isolable molecules with covalent rhodium–zinc bonds.

Graphical abstract: Formation of (PNP)Rh complexes containing covalent rhodium–zinc bonds in studies of potential Rh-catalysed Negishi coupling
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