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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Oct 13;132(40):14092–14103. doi: 10.1021/ja1036644

Scheme 5.

Scheme 5

Oxidation of 23 with unsymmetrical peroxide 30 affords a 2:1 mixture of 26 and 27, which establishes the kinetic preference for reductive elimination of more electron-rich benzoate ligands.