Reductive Elimination of Ether from T‐Shaped, Monomeric Arylpalladium Alkoxides

Isolated truth: The synthesis, structures, and reductive elimination chemistry of arylpalladium(II) phenoxide and alkoxide complexes with a single bulky phosphine ligand are reported. These complexes are true intermediates in palladium-catalyzed etherification of aryl halides. They undergo reductive elimination of the alkyl aryl ether directly from the isolated complex (see scheme), and the rates of these reductive eliminations are slower than those from related arylpalladium amido complexes. Ad=adamantyl.