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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Sep 15;132(36):12554–12555. doi: 10.1021/ja106101f

Table 1.

Ligand screening for C-O bond cleavage of 2a

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Entrya Ligand Conv.c,d (%) Yield (%)c,d
PhCOMe PhOH
1 none 45 5 6
2 PPh3b 39 <1 5
3 PCy3b 27 4 5
4 dppm 11 0 0
5 dppp 32 0 <1
6 dppbz 32 0 0
7 dppf 37 5 6
8 Ph-xantphos >99 >99 >99
a

Reactions were run in sealed tubes under nitrogen.

b

2 equivalents relative to Ru.

c

Yields and conversions were determined by GC/MS relative to an internal standard.

d

Average of two duplicate experiments.