Reaction with Tl(TfO) (TfO = triflate, CF3SO3), in some cases in the presence of CO or
EtOH, causes the depalladation of complexes trans-[Pd{C(NR)C6H4{C(O)Me}-2}Br(CNR)2]
[R = 2,6-dimethylphenyl (Xy) (1a), R =
t
Bu (1a‘)], trans-[Pd{C(NXy)C6H(OMe)3-2,3,4-{C(O)Me}-6}Br(CNXy)2] (1b), trans-[Pd{C(NR)C6H4(CHCH2)-2}Br(CNR)2] [R = Xy (2),
t
Bu (2‘)], trans-[Pd{C(NXy)C(NHXy)CC6H4{C(O)NXy}-2}Br(CNXy)2] (3), trans-[Pd{C6H4{C(O)Me}-2}Br(PPh3)2] (4), and [Pd{C6H4{C(O)Me}-2}Br(bpy)] (bpy = 2,2‘-bipyridine) (5)
to give organic compounds. Complexes 1a, 1a‘, and 1b react with Tl(TfO) in Me2CO or CH2Cl2
to give the isoindolinones 2-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-3-methylene-2,3-dihydroisoindol-1-one (6a),
2-tert-butyl-3-methylene-2,3-dihydroisoindol-1-one (6a‘), and 2-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-5,6,7-trimethoxy-3-methylene-2,3-dihydroisoindol-1-one (6b), respectively. When the reaction with
1a‘ is carried out in the presence of a small amount of EtOH, in addition to 6a‘, the
isoindolinone 2-tert-butyl-3-ethoxy-3-methyl-2,3-dihydroisoindol-1-one (7) and 2-acetyl-N-tert-butylbenzamide (8) are obtained. Complex 2 reacts with Tl(TfO) in the presence of CO
to give N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2-vinylbenzamide (9); however, the analogous compound 2‘
reacts with Tl(TfO) to give a mixture containing ortho-cyanostyrene (10). Complex 3 reacts
with Tl(TfO) to give a separable mixture of N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2-(2,6-dimethylphenylamino)-2-[2-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-3-oxo-2,3-dihydroisoindol-1-ylidene]acetamide (11) and
N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2-(2,6-dimethylphenylamino)-2-[2-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-3-oxo-2,3-dihydroisoindol-1-ylidene]acetamidic acid (12). When this reaction is carried out in the presence
of a small amount of EtOH, 11, 12, and its ethyl ester 13 are obtained. Complex 4 or 5
reacts with CO and Tl(TfO) in Me2CO to give 3-methylenephthalide (14) or a complex
mixture, respectively. Complexes 4 and 5 react with Tl(TfO) in CH2Cl2 in the presence of a
small amount of EtOH, affording 3-ethoxy-3-methyl-3H-isobenzofuran-1-one (15). The crystal
and molecular structures of 6a, 6b, 8·0.11H2O, 9, 11·0.5Et2O, 13, and 14 have been
determined by X-ray diffraction studies.