Oxidative addition of trifluoromethyl halides to Rh(I) and Ir(I) complexes

✍ Scribed by A.J. Blake; E.A.V. Ebsworth; J.H. Holloway; M.J. Rieland

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 29 KB
• Volume: 45
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-1139
• DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1139(00)84391-2

✦ Synopsis

IK(I)-and Rh(I)-complexes react with CF3-halides to give oxidative addition products. In the reaction of IrX(CO)(PEt3)2 with CF31, X = Cl, Br, I, and with CF3Br, X = Cl, Br, only the tram addition products are formed.