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. 2007 Oct 26;3:36. doi: 10.1186/1860-5397-3-36

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Electronic and steric differentiations provide the basis for the high selectivity of P,N-ligands in Pd-catalyzed allylic substitutions. Effects are studied with P-N-model ligands with para-substituted, coplanar phosphabenzene and pyridine moieties.