Carbon–Fluorine Bond Activation of Tetrafluoroethylene on Palladium(0) and Nickel(0): Heat or Lewis Acidic Additive Promoted Oxidative Addition

• Published in: Organometallics Vol. 32; no. 13; pp. 3631 - 3639
• Main Authors: Ohashi, Masato, Shibata, Mitsutoshi, Saijo, Hiroki, Kambara, Tadashi, Ogoshi, Sensuke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 08.07.2013

The C–F bond cleavage reaction of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE; CF2CF2) with an M(0) complex (M = Pd, Ni) was investigated. The treatment of an M(0) precursor with TFE in the presence of the appropriate monodentate phosphine ligand led to a clean formation of the corresponding η2-TFE adduct (η2-TFE)M(P...