ChemInform Abstract: Carbon-Heteroatom Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination from Palladium(IV) Complexes

This work provides a comprehensive review (1986–2010) of the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of palladium(IV) complexes that undergo carbon–heteroatom bond-forming reductive elimination reactions. In cases where mechanistic information is available, the molecular pathway for C–X bond formation is described in detail. Examples of catalytic transformations that may involve this mechanistic manifold are also presented.