10.1021/ja101436w.s004 Ariela W. Kaspi Ariela W. Kaspi Israel Goldberg Israel Goldberg Arkadi Vigalok Arkadi Vigalok Reagent-Dependent Formation of C−C and C−F Bonds in Pt Complexes: An Unexpected Twist in the Electrophilic Fluorination Chemistry American Chemical Society 2010 Pt Electrophilic electrophilic fluorination reagents ChemistryCyclometalated XeF 2 complex Formation oxidative addition reaction benzylic Complexe Bond Unexpected Fluorination tetrafluoroborate ligand aryl mesityl 2010-08-11 00:00:00 Dataset https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Reagent_Dependent_Formation_of_C_C_and_C_F_Bonds_in_Pt_Complexes_An_Unexpected_Twist_in_the_Electrophilic_Fluorination_Chemistry/2743459 Cyclometalated platinum(II) complexes (C−P)Pt(Aryl)py undergo oxidative addition reaction upon treatment with electrophilic fluorination reagents, XeF<sub>2</sub> or <i>N</i>-fluoro-2,4,6-trimethylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate, giving eventually products of C−C coupling. However, when aryl = mesityl, the two reagents give completely different products: the N−F salt still favors the C−C coupling reaction while XeF<sub>2</sub> gives the unprecedented benzylic fluorination of one of the <i>ortho</i>-methyl groups of the mesityl ligand.