Arylic C–X Bond Activation by Palladium Catalysts: Activation Strain Analyses of Reactivity Trends

Abstract We have quantum chemically explored arylic carbon–substituent bond activation via oxidative insertion of a palladium catalyst in C6H5X + PdLn model systems (X = H, Cl, CH3; Ln = no ligand, PH3, (PH3)2, PH2C2H4PH2) using relativistic density functional theory at ZORA-BLYP/TZ2P. Besides explo...

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Main Authors: Pascal Vermeeren, Xiaobo Sun, F. Matthias Bickelhaupt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28998-3