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Rhodium(0) metalloradicals in binuclear C-H activation
Puschmann, Florian F.,Gruetzmacher, Hansjoerg,De Bruin, Bas
, p. 73 - 75 (2010/03/25)
(Chemical Equation Presented) A reactive rhodium(0) metalloradical capable of binuclear activation of an aromatic C-H bond of PPh3 is disclosed. Kinetic measurements and density functional theory calculations reveal a binuclear mechanism: two metalloradicals add to a 'double bond' of the aromatic substrate while approaching the rate limiting C-H activation step (TS). Such aromatic C-H bond activation with Rh0 metalloradicals potentially produces kinetically labile RhI-aryl and RhI-H species, and thus, this could become a viable new approach to hydrocarbon functionalization.