Variable-temperature
1H and
13CNMR spectroscopy has been used to study the dynamicsof the
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-agostic isopropyl complex(ArN=C(R)-C(R)=NAr)Pd(CH(CH
2-
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-H)(CH
3))
+BAr
4'
-(Ar=2,6-C
6H
3(
i-Pr)
2).
1H and
13C line shape analysis suggeststwo independent processesoccur: interchange of the agostic and nonagostic methyl groups andexchange of hydrogenswithin the agostic methyl group, which is best regarded as in-placemethyl group rotation.Barriers for both of these processes are similar, with
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ca. 9 kcal/mol. The methylgroupsundergo interchange without inversion at the Pd(II) center.