Abstract
The bite angle (ligand-metal-ligand angle) is known to greatly influence the activity of catalytically active transition-metal complexes towards bond activation. Here, we have computationally explored how and why the bite angle has such effects in a wide range of prototypical C-X bonds and palladium complexes, using relativistic density functional theory at ZORA-BLYP/TZ2P. Our model reactions cover the substrates H
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3028-3038 |
| Journal | Dalton Transactions |
| Volume | 40 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |