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Reductive elimination from (2,2′‐bipyridine)diethylpalladium(II), a mechanistic study
Author(s) -
Sustmann Reiner,
Lau Jürgen
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
chemische berichte
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 0009-2940
DOI - 10.1002/cber.19861190812
Subject(s) - chemistry , disproportionation , methyl acrylate , butane , thermal decomposition , acrylate , 2,2' bipyridine , polymer chemistry , bipyridine , decomposition , reductive elimination , medicinal chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , copolymer , catalysis , polymer , crystal structure
(2,2′‐Bipyridine)diethylpalladium(II) ( 1 ) is synthesized and its thermolysis in the presence and absence of additives is studied. Thermolysis, neat or in solution, yields ethane and ethene as products. Addition of methyl acrylate reverses the product composition completely to n ‐butane. Kinetic measurements as function of additives, 2,2′‐bipyridine or methyl acrylate, demonstrate that disproportionation products are formed by a dissociative and a nondissociative pathway. Methyl acrylate enters the rate limiting step of n ‐butane formation.