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Title: TEC of Pd for this catalyst
Post by: fluere enthusiast on February 17, 2019, 03:36:28 PM

https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/aldrich/36037?lang=en&region=GB

I'm not sure what the total electron count for Pd would be in this catalyst as its not clear to me how its coordinated to the benzene. Is it just a normal Pd-C coordination or to one of the C=C ?

Title: Re: TEC of Pd for this catalyst
Post by: wildfyr on February 17, 2019, 05:47:52 PM

I think this is Pd(I). That is a formal Pd-C bond.