Structure and Reactivity of [(L•Pd)n•(1,5-cyclooctadiene)] (n=1-2) Complexes Bearing Biaryl Phosphine Ligands.

The structure of the stable Pd(0) precatalyst [(1,5-cyclooctadiene)(L•Pd)2] (L = AdBrettPhos) for the Pd-catalyzed fluorination of aryl triflates has been further studied by solid state NMR and X-ray cystrallography of the analogous N-phenylmaleimide complex. The reactivity of this complex with CDCl3 to form a dearomatized complex is also presented. In addition, studies suggest that related bulky biaryl phosphine ligands form similar complexes, although the smaller ligand BrettPhos forms a monomeric [(1,5-cyclooctadiene)(L•Pd)] species instead.