Mixed-Ligand Complexes, Stacking Interactions, 2,2'-Bipyridyl, 3-Phenylpropionate, Carboxymethyl Aryl Sulfides The stability constants of ternary Cu2+ and Zn2+ complexes, each of which contains 2,2'-bipyridyl and a carboxymethyl aryl sulfide, were determined in 50% aqueous dioxane. A comparison of the stability of these ternary complexes with those formed with simple carboxylates demonstrates a...

A bidentate nitrogen-donor ligand with an appended phenol group, C5H4NCH[double bond, length as m-dash]N-2-C6H4OH, H(L1) was treated with a palladium cycloneophyl complex [Pd(CH2CMe2C6H4)(COD)], with both Pd-aryl and Pd-alkyl bonds, to give a Pd-alkyl complex, [Pd(CH2CMe2C6H5)(κ3-N,N',O-OC6H4N[double bond, length as m-dash]CH(2-C5H4N))], 1. The cleavage of the Pd-aryl bond and the deprotonation...

The effect of electrostatic interactions on the transition-state character for enzymatic phosphoryl transfer has been a subject of much debate. In this work, we investigate the transition state for alkaline phosphatase (AP) using linear free-energy relationships (LFERs). We determined k(cat)/K(M) for a series of aryl sulfate ester monoanions to obtain the Brønsted coefficient, beta(lg), and com...

Studies on the palladium-catalyzed formation of aryl amines, aryl ethers and a-aryl carbonyl compounds from aryl halides are reported. These studies range from synthetic methodology, to detailed mechanistic analysis, to new methods one can use to screen for catalytic covalent bond formation. Improved methods for formation of aryl ethers and room temperature amination chemistry have resulted fro...

A Pd-catalyzed cascade oxidation/sp(2) C-H bond acylation of azoarenes was developed in which readily available aryl methanes were used as the in situ generated acyl sources. This reaction provides a convenient access to ortho-acyl azoarenes under mild conditions.

The palladium-catalysed reaction of alkynyltriarylborates with aryl halides afforded trisubstituted alkenylboranes, in which two different aryl groups were installed across the carbon-carbon double bond in a cis arrangement.

A catalytic system consisting of 5 mol% CoCl2 and 10 mol% isoquinoline allows a convenient cross-coupling of benzylic zinc reagents with various aryl and heteroaryl bromides or chlorides leading to polyfunctionalized diaryl- and aryl-heteroaryl-methane derivatives.

Dirhodium catalyzed reactions of aryl-substituted tetrahydropyranone diazoacetoacetates produce ylide intermediates that unexpectedly yield two oxabicyclo[4.2.1]-nonane diastereoisomers, but a single diastereoisomer is formed by increasing the steric bulk of the aryl substituent.

We report a synthesis method for the construction of quaternary aryl phoshonium salts at ambient temperature. The regiospecific reaction involves the coupling of phosphines with aryl radicals derived from diaryliodonium salts under photoredox conditions.