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Download fileThe First Structurally Characterized Example of a η5-Coordinate Mesitylato Palladium Complex
journal contribution
posted on 2002-05-03, 00:00 authored by Axel Klein, Akbey DoganThe red complex [(COD)Pd(OMes)](SbF6)
(OMes = 2,4,6-trimethylphenolate = mesitylate) was
prepared and structurally characterized. The molecular
structure reveals that the palladium atom coordinates
η5 to the aryl π system and not to the negatively charged
oxygen atom on the mesitylate ligand.