Trans-chelating bis(diisopropylphosphino)triptycene (1) was employed as a platform for the construction of a new class of C(sp(3))-metalated pincer complexes via C-H activation. We synthesized and fully characterized platinum(II), ruthenium(II), and iridium(III) compounds hearing this tridentate ligand. In contrast to the known all-aliphatic C(sp(3))-metalated compounds, the new complexes exhibit excellent thermal and conformational stability even under very harsh and noninert conditions, likely due to the lack of labile alpha- or beta-hydrogens. In addition, the three-dimensional barrelene-based scaffold represents a unique structural motif for the design of PC(sp(3))P-based compounds with unexplored steric and electronic features.
New PC(sp3)P pincer complexes of platinum and palladium
作者:Sanaa Musa、Alina Shpruhman、Dmitri Gelman
DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2011.11.007
日期:2012.2
We describe the synthesis, characterization and properties of the new electrophilic palladium and platinum complexes bearing electron-rich PC(sp(3))P pincer ligands. We found that Lewis acidity of the compounds is low due to the strong sigma-donation of the sp(3)-carbometalated ligand backbone. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.