Development of the First P-Stereogenic PCP Pincer Ligands, Their Metallation by Palladium and Platinum, and Preliminary Catalysis
作者:B. Scott Williams、Paulo Dani、Martin Lutz、Anthony L. Spek、Gerard van Koten
DOI:10.1002/1522-2675(20011114)84:11<3519::aid-hlca3519>3.0.co;2-9
日期:2001.11.14
The potentially tridentate P-stereogenic [P*CP*] ligands 1,3-bis[(tert-butyl)(phenyl)phosphino]methyl}-benzene and 1,3-[bis[(tert-butyl)(phenyl) phosphino]methyl]-2-bromobenzene have been synthesized as the protected phosphine-borane adducts. Deprotection with a secondary amine affords the free phosphine ligand which can be metallated by Pd and Pt with standard metal synthons. Two of the resultant [P*CP*] metal complexes have been characterized by X-ray crystallography. The complexes exhibit a C-2-symmetric environment about the remaining binding site of the square-planar center, with t-Bu groups filling two quadrants of the open site. The Pd complexes can be converted by use of a Ag salt to the analogous aquo complex, which is catalytically active in the aldol condensation of methyl 2-isocyanoacetate and benzaldehyde. Preliminary results and comparisons with previously reported catalysts with more distal C-stereogenicity are presented.