in chloroform; acetic acid Kinetics; mixing the dimer cyclopalladated complex in CHCl3 and 2-phenylpyridine in HOAc with glacial acetic acid, thermostating (75°C); not isolated; spectrophotometrical detn.;
in chloroform-d1 mixing solns. of the Pd complex in CDCl3 with N,N-dimethylbenzylamine-d7 in CD3COOD and hexamethyldisiloxane, direct filtration into a NMR tube, thermostating in the dark (55°C, 216 h), intermediate filtration from Pd metal traces; not isolated; monitoring by 1H-NMR; detn. of the equilibrium constant;
