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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Apr 22;133(19):7577–7584. doi: 10.1021/ja201726q

Table 4.

Initial Rates of Aryl–CF3 Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination from Complexes 4-6

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Entry X Yield Aryl–CF3 Initial rate (M s−1) × 105
1 CH3 93% 45.8
2 F 77% 2.21
3 CF3 65% a 1.43

Reactions were run in duplicate and yields were determined by 19F NMR spectroscopy.

a1,4(bistrifluoromethyl)biphenyl formed in 21% yield.