Research Article

DFT Study on the Oxidative Addition of 4-Substituted Iodobenzenes on Pd(0)-Phosphine Complexes

Figure 1

Computed structures of the initial compounds for the oxidative addition step: Pd(PMe3)2 (1), Pd(PMe3) (2), PMe3, and iodobenzene (3a). Bond distances are given in Å.