Man-Kit Lau, Qian-Feng Zhang, Joyce L. C. Chim, Wing-Tak Wong and Wa-Hung Leung
Chem. Commun., 2001, 1478-1479
DOI:
10.1039/B104075H,
Communication
The osmium(IV) tetraaryl complex [Os(C8H9)4] (C8H9 = 2,5-dimethylphenyl) reacts with pyridinium tribromide in the presence of Fe powder to give [Os(C8H8Br)4], which undergoes Suzuki coupling with arylboronic acids to afford a series of homoleptic functionalised aryls of osmium(IV).