REACTIONS OF A CHELATED ALKYLPALLADIUM COMPOUND

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)93984-6

The chemistry of the compound (V, R = CH(CO2Et)2) with nucleophilic (PPh3, pyridine, CO) and electrophilic (H2, HCl) reagents is studied. although the nucleophiles cleave the chloride bridges, they do not readily disrupt the Pd-N bond, and both V and its adducts are very stable with respect to decomposition via olefin elimination.As expected, however, H2 and HCl cleave the Pd-C bond to give CH3CHRCH2NMe2 and either Pd metal or a palladium chloride complex, respectively.