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The thermally robust platinum(II) complex (BQA)Pt(OTf) undergoes benzene C−H bond activation at 150 °C but requires the presence of N i Pr 2 Et. The reaction products are the phenyl complex (BQA)Pt(Ph) and a stoichiometric equivalent of [HN i Pr 2 Et][OTf].
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