Abstract

Base-promoted vinyl carbon–bromine bond cleavage of styryl bromide by group 9 metalloporphyrin complexes was achieved to give the metal(III) porphyrin styryls M(ttp)(styryl) (ttp = 5,10,15,20-tetra-p-tolylporphyrinato dianion). Mechanistic studies suggest that [MII(ttp)]2 (M = Rh, Ir) cleaves the vinyl C–Br bond via an addition–elimination mechanism. The much less reactive CoII(ttp) undergoes a radical recombination with styryl radical which is generated by the hydroxide reduction of styryl bromide to give a radical anion with subsequent C–Br cleavage.

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