Reactions of methyltris(triarylphosphine)cobalt. II. Rearrangement of triarylphosphine and oxidative additions of aryl halides

Sophia Nussbaum*, Michael Michman

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Abstract

Solutions of [(C6H5)3P]3CoCH3 (I) in C6H5Cl yield biphenyl, triphenylphosphine, methyldiphenylphosphine and diphenylphosphine. In 4-ClC6H4CH3, 4-methylbiphenyl and 4,4′-bitolyl form as well. Solutions of I in C6H6, C6D6, C6H5CH3, C6H5Br yield only triphenylphosphine and biphenyl, while in 4-FC6H4I 4,4′-difluorobiphenyl is formed but no biphenyl. The cobalt compound is recovered as (Ph3P)nCoX or as CoX2 (XCl, Br, I, n = 3 or 2) from reactions with arylhalides. The results are rationalized in terms of the very strong tendency for I to undergo oxidative addition reactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)555-559
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume182
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Dec 1979

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