Probing the interactions of transition-metal complexes bound at the ortho position of substituted biphenyls
by Jones, G. D.; Anderson, T. J.; Chang, N.; Brandon, R. J.; Ong, G. L.; Vicic, D. A.
(4,4'-dimethylbipyridyl)NiMe2 was found to react thermally with 2-iodo-2',4',6'-trimethylbiphenyl (6) to produce a C-I insertion that is extremely distorted from square planarity, with the C-Ni-I plane intersecting the N-Ni-N plane by 33.4degrees. It was also found that [(dippe)RhCl](2) reacts with 6 to produce an eta(3)-benzylic complex by way of a rhodium migration to the methylated ring of the biphenyl unit.
- Journal
 - Organometallics
 - Volume
 - 23
 - Issue
 - 12
 - Year
 - 2004
 - Start Page
 - 3071-3074
 - URL
 - https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om034363u
 - ISBN/ISSN
 - 1520-6041; 0276-7333
 - DOI
 - 10.1021/om034363u