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Density functional theory calculations were carried out to study the relative easiness of oxidative addition of aryl and alkyl halides to Pd(0). Kinetic but not thermodynamic factors were found to contribute to the better reactivity of aryl versus alkyl halides.
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Ariafard et al. (2006) studied this question.
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