New highly active chiral phosphapalladacycle catalysts. First isolation and characterization of a Pd(iv) intermediateElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Fig. SI 1 (structure of 3, with labelling scheme), physical and spectroscopic data for 3, and general information for norbornene hydroarylation. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b005521m/

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of a new active P*-active phosphapalladacycle and its successful use in the asymmetric hydroarylation of norbornene with turnover numbers (TONs) of up to 10¹⁰ is described.