A Versatile Palladium Synthon: [Pd(NHC)(PhC≡CPh)].

Francis BruMathieu LesieurAlbert PoaterAlexandra M Z SlawinLuigi CavalloCatherine S J Cazin

Published in: Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2022)

The synthesis and isolation of [Pd(NHC)(PhC≡CPh)] complexes are reported. These new 14-electron Pd(0)-complexes are key synthons leading to known palladium(0) and palladium(II) species, as well as permitting access to unprecedented mixed NHC-phosphite palladium(0) complexes. This motif permits the facile catalytic hydrosilylation of allenes. DFT calculations have allowed the characterization of the relatively weak interaction between the metal and the diphenylacetylene ligand, with a comparison with a series of ligands with more or less coordinating power, bearing varied structural and electronic properties.

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