Michael S. Webster-Gardiner , Paige E. Piszel , Ross Fu , Bradley A. McKeown , Robert J. Nielsen , William A. Goddard III , T. Brent Gunnoe
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Abstract
A series of new rhodium (I) complexes supported by bidentate nitrogen-donor ligands with varying electronic and steric properties were synthesized in situ and evaluated for catalytic arene C–H/D activation. In trifluoroacetic acid (HTFA), these complexes are proposed to mediate H/D exchange of arene C–H/D bonds by an electrophilic aromatic substitution mechanism that involves Rh-mediated activation of HTFA (or DTFA). DFT calculations support the proposed pathway for the H/D exchange reactions.
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The Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical publishes original, rigorous, and scholarly full papers that examine the molecular and atomic aspects of catalytic activation and reaction mechanisms in homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis (including supported organometallic catalysis), and computational catalysis.