Study of the mechanism of ethylene oxidation by palladium(II) complexes containing nitro and/or nitrato ligands in chloroform

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0304-5102(89)85060-6

Complexes of Pd(NO_n)_2-mCL_mL₂ (where n = 2, 3; m = 0, 1, 2; L = CH₃CN, CD₃CN) were synthesized and their reactivities towards ethylene and propylene oxidation in a chloroform medium were investigated. The detailed mechanism of ethylene oxidation by dinitro- and mono-nitrato complexes of palladium in chloroform solutions was studied by IR and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The structures and routes of decomposition of the intermediates to reaction end products are proposed.