Direct functionalisation of σ-aryl ligands: preparation of homoleptic functionalised aryls of osmium(iv)Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: preparations of osmium tetraaryl complexes. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b104075h/
Abstract
The osmium(IV) tetraaryl complex [Os(C8H9)4] (C8H9 = 2,5-dimethylphenyl) reacts with pyridinium tribromide in the presence of Fe powder to give [Os(C8H8Br)4], which undergoes Suzuki coupling with arylboronic acids to afford a series of homoleptic functionalised aryls of osmium(IV).