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Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 44(43), p. 5961-5963, 2004
Wiley, Angewandte Chemie, 44(116), p. 6087-6089, 2004
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Self-Oxidation of a Phenolate Complex to a Bimetallic Stilbene Quinone
Journal article published in 2004 by
Milko E. van der Boom,
Tatiana Zubkov,
Atindra D. Shukla,
Boris Rybtchinski,
Linda J. W. Shimon 
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Haim Rozenberg,
Yehoshoa Ben-David,
David Milstein
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Haim Rozenberg,
Yehoshoa Ben-David,
David Milstein
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Abstract
Do-it-yourself oxidation: The RhIII complex 1 undergoes a self-oxidative coupling process, in which the phenolate oxygen atom serves as the oxidant, to give 2 and the hydride complex 3 (2:3 = 1:3). This reaction involves cleavage of a strong aryl-oxygen bond. X-ray analysis of 2 reveals that the two quinonoid C=O bonds are n2-coordinated to the metal centers.