REACTIONS OF WITH . INSERTION OF p-MeC6H4NC INTO Pd-C6F5 BONDS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(83)80140-5

(R = Cy, Bu^t, p-MeC6H4 (p-Tol)) react with to give .In refluxing benzene insertion of isocyanide into the C6F5-Pd bonds occurs only for R = p-Tol, to give a imidoyl bridged polynuclear complex cis-<2>n>.This complex reacts with (a) Tl(acac) to give 2(acac)2>; (b) neutral monodentate ligands to afford dimeric complexes 2Cl2L2> (L = NMe3, py, 4-Me-py, SC4H8), and (c) isocyanides to give insoluble complexes of the same composition which are thought to be polymeric, = (R = p-Tol, Me, Bu^t5).Thermal decomposition of cis-<2>n> gives the diazabutadiene species (p-Tol)N=C(C6F5)-C(C6F5)=N(p-Tol) in high yield.