@article { ISI:000257448500053,
	title = {Insight into the mechanism of platinum-catalyzed cross-coupling of polyfluoroaryl imines},
	journal = {ORGANOMETALLICS},
	volume = {27},
	number = {13},
	year = {2008},
	month = {JUL 14},
	pages = {3290-3296},
	abstract = {We recently reported the first examples of Pt-catalyzed methylation of polyfluorinated arenes as a means to generate partially fluorinated aromatic building blocks. The reaction is selective for cleavage of C-F bonds ortho to an imine substituent and allows for preferential cleavage of C-F bonds in the presence of considerably weaker bonds (e.g., C-Br). We report herein the proposed mechanism for this reaction. Initial C-F activation generates a Pt(IV)-F intermediate, which then reacts with (CH(3))(2)Zn via transmetalation. Subsequent reductive elimination from the Pt(IV) species generates a new sp(2)-sp(3) C-C bond. In addition, we have identified a species present during the catalytic reaction and propose this to be the catalyst resting state.},
	issn = {0276-7333},
	doi = {10.1021/om800247p},
	author = {Wang, Tongen and Love, Jennifer A.}
}
