INSERTION OF ISOCYANIDES INTO THE PALLADIUM-2-(2-PYRIDYL)BOND

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)86768-6

The reaction of the pyridyl-bridged binuclear complex 2 with isocyanides CNR (R = p-C6H4OMe, Me, C6H11) yields the complex <(PPh3)> containing a C,N-chelated 1,2-bis(imino)-2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl group, which results from successive insertions of two isocyanide molecules into the palladium-2-pyridyl bond.The mononuclear compound trans- readily reacts with various CNR ligands (R - p-C6H4OMe, Me, C6H11, CMe3) to give the imino(2-pyridyl)methylpalladium(II) derivatives, trans-(PMePh2)2>.