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The performance of several palladium precatalysts, namely, palladium(II) acetate, palladium(0) nanoparticles encapsulated into poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers (Pd DENs), and palladium(II)-PAMAM complexes, in the Stille reaction between trichloro(phenyl)stannane and iodoarenes in water is compared. The reactivity of Pd DENs is similar or inferior to that of palladium(II) acetate, although th...

t X-rayy crystal structures of a series of cationic (P-P)palladium(3,3-(CH3)2-C3H3) complexes (P-P = dppe (1,2bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane),, dppf (l,l'-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene), DPEphos) and the (Xantphos)Pd(C3H5)BF44 complex have been determined. In the solid state structure, the phenyl rings of the ligandss are oriented in the direction of the non-symmetrically bound [3,3-(CH3)2-C3H3...

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