Benzylic Complexes of Palladium(II): Bonding Modes and Pentacoordination for Steric Relief

Diazo compounds and palladium-aryl complexes: trapping the elusive carbene migratory insertion organometallic products

The reactions of Pd-aryl complexes with diazo compounds N₂CH-CHCHPh and N₂CHPh allowed us to isolate the organometallic products formed right after the migratory insertion of a non-stabilized CHR carbene into the Pd-aryl bond. η³-Allylic and η³-benzylic palladium complexes were formed respectively. This is compelling experimental evidence for the key step in the palladium-catalyzed cascade transformations of diazo derivatives leading to multiple C-C or C-X bond formation.

Vinylic addition poly(norbornene-co-alkenylnorbornenes) synthesized with benzylic palladium catalysts: materials for manifold functionalization

Functional groups can be easily attached to robust vinylic addition polynorbornenes by the transformation of the pendant double bond of new efficiently synthesized copolymers.

Highly efficient vinylic addition polymerization of 5-vinyl-2-norbornene using benzylic palladium complexes as precatalysts

A very small amount of a palladium benzylic complex as initiator brings about the vinylic addition polymerization of the reluctant 5-vinyl-2-norbornene.

New two-dimensional Cd(ii) coordination networks bearing benzimidazolyl-based linkers as bifunctional chemosensors for the detection of acetylacetone and Fe3+

Two new CPs, namely {[Cd(L)(1,4-PDA)]·0.7(C₂H₅OH)}_n (1) and {[Cd(L)_0.5(1,8-NDC)·H₂O]}_n (2) were fabricated. 1 shows a sql 2D network. 2 shows a 2D 3,4L83 network. Both 1 and 2 were highly selective and sensitive fluorescent chemosensors toward acetylacetone and Fe³⁺.