Insertion of O2 into a
Pd(i)–Pd(i) dimer and subsequent C–O bond
formation by activation of a C–H bond
Víctor Durà-Vilà,D. Michael P. Mingos,Ramón Vilar,Andrew J. P. White,David J. Williams
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 07/26/2000 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B004537N
Abstract
The reaction between O2 and the dimer [Pd2(μ-Br)2(PBut3)2 ] leads to the formation of the novel dimeric compound [Pd(μ-OCH2{CMe2}PBu t2)Br]2 by coordination of O2 to the original palladium dimer and further formation of two C–O bonds by intramolecular activation of C–H bonds.
![[upper bond 1 start]](http://hg.y866.cn/compound/lib/scimg/usr/1/B004537N.jpg)
Pd(μ-OCH2{CMe2}P![[upper bond 1 end]](http://www.rsc.org/images/entities/char_e011.gif)
Bu t2)Br]2 by coordination of O2 to the original 
