Does the rhodium-catalysed addition of perhaloalkanes to alkenes (i.e. the Kharasch reaction) proceed via an oxidative-addition mechanism?: the crystal structure of RhBr(CCl3)Cl(CO)(PMe3)2
Abstract
Evidence is presented to show that rhodium(I)-catalysed Kharasch reactions may proceed via oxidative-addition of the perhalocarbon to the Rh followed by stepwise transfer to a coordinated alkene.