Robust and catalytically active mono- and bis-Pd-complexes of the ‘Trost modular ligand’

Abstract

A catalytically active, bimetallic Pd–allyl complex of the Trost modular ligand, for which X-ray crystallography reveals a tetradentate (‘POPO’) coordination mode, induces a memory effect in Pd-catalysed allylic alkylation.

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