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Chapter Three<br />

elimination product. This is strong evidence that <strong>the</strong> �-allyl species had formed, as <strong>the</strong>re<br />

would be no o<strong>the</strong>r pathway for this elimination product to be formed.<br />

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Figure 3.6 Formation <strong>of</strong> (133)<br />

Due to <strong>the</strong> broad 1 H NMR spectrum obtained <strong>the</strong> reaction was repeated, with equimolar<br />

amounts <strong>of</strong> (74) <strong>and</strong> Pd(PPh3)4 <strong>and</strong> stirred at – 78 ºC for 8 hours (entry 11). A yellow<br />

precipitate was formed, <strong>the</strong> reaction solvent removed <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> product dried in vacuo.<br />

Analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> precipitate, by 1 H <strong>and</strong> 19 F NMR spectroscopy, confirmed that <strong>the</strong> starting<br />

material was no longer present. However, due to <strong>the</strong> intensity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> triphenylphosphine<br />

groups in <strong>the</strong> spectra, it was difficult to fully assign <strong>the</strong> product peaks. Although, it was<br />

clearly evident that <strong>the</strong> elimination product (133) had formed once again. The reaction<br />

solvent was also analysed <strong>and</strong> exhibited a very broad peak at -168.4 ppm in <strong>the</strong> 19 F NMR<br />

spectrum.<br />

Due to <strong>the</strong> difficulties in isolating <strong>the</strong> �-allyl species, which were clearly forming, <strong>the</strong> same<br />

reaction conditions which had been employed to syn<strong>the</strong>sise <strong>the</strong> chloro-bridged palladium<br />

allyl complexes were used with 2-(2-fluorobut-3-enyl)isoindoline-1,3-dione (74) (entry 9).<br />

After stirring equimolar quantities <strong>of</strong> (74) <strong>and</strong> Pd(dba)2 in DMSO at room temperature for 4<br />

hours, <strong>the</strong> mixture was worked up as described previously <strong>and</strong> dried over magnesium<br />

sulphate, filtered <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> solvent removed in vacuo. The yellowish product was analysed by<br />

1 H <strong>and</strong> 19 F NMR spectroscopy <strong>and</strong> once more no direct evidence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> desired �-allyl<br />

complex was observed. Ra<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> 2-(buta-1,3-dienyl)isoindoline-1,3-dione<br />

(133) was confirmed. Therefore, it can be inferred that although <strong>the</strong> �-allyl complex must<br />

have formed, due to <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> fluoride <strong>the</strong> elimination product was obtained. It also<br />

means that if a fluoro-bridged palladium complex is forming it is not sufficiently stable to<br />

be isolated <strong>and</strong> characterised in <strong>the</strong> same manner as <strong>the</strong> chloro-bridged palladium<br />

complexes described earlier.

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