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The oxidative addition of 2-chloro-N-methylbenzimdazole to complexes of type [M(PPh(3))(4)] yields after N-protonation compounds with NH,NMe-substituted NHC ligands. For M = Pd complex compound trans-[3]BF(4) was obtained, while the oxidative addition for M = Pt yielded a mixture of cis-[4]BF(4) (major) and trans-[4]BF(4) (minor).
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