Isolation and structural characterisation of rhodium(iii) ?2-fluoroarene complexes: Experimental verification of predicted regioselectivity

Matthew R. Gyton, Amy E. Kynman, Baptiste Leforestier, Angelo Gallo, Józef R. Lewandowski, Adrian B. Chaplin*

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Abstract

The isolation and solid-state characterisation of complexes featuring partially coordinated benzene, fluorobenzene and all three isomers of difluorobenzene are described. Supported by a DFT analysis, this well-defined homologous series demonstrates the preference for ?2-coordination of fluoroarenesviathe HC?CH sites adjacent to a fluorine substituent.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5791-5793
Number of pages3
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume49
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 May 2020

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by European Research Council (ERC, grant agreements 637313 and 639907) and Royal Society (UF100592, UF150675). Computing facilities were provided by the Scientific Computing Research Technology Platform of the University of Warwick.

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© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020.

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