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complex 8 is rapidly interconverting among the vinylaryliridium
complexes 8, 8′, and 8″ and the vinyliridium complex 9
(Scheme 6) even at room temperature.17
In conclusion, we have demonstrated that the vinyl-to-aryl
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(7) In the vinyl-to-aryl 1,4-migration, deuterium labeling experiments
indicated that the metal center completely migrates to the ortho
position of the aryl group.2b,g
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(10) On the basis of preliminary density functional theory (DFT)
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oxidative addition/reductive elimination, the latter of which is the
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rotating at room temperature, and the two rotamers were in fact
observed by 1H and 31P{1H} NMR measurements at −60 °C (see the
Supporting Information).
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Text, figures, tables, and CIF files giving experimental details
and characterization data for the compounds prepared in this
paper and crystallographic data for 2a, 2c, 2c′, and 8. This
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Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Y. Ikeda thanks the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) Research Fellowships for Young Scientists.
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