摘要:
                                The iridium derivatives HIr(cod)(L-L) (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene; L-L = Ph2PCH2PPh2 (dppm); Ph2P(CH2)(2)PPh2 (dppe); Ph2P(CH2)(3)PPh2 (dppp); Ph-2(CH2)(4)PPh2 (dppb); o-C6H4(PPh2)(2); Cy2P(CH2)(2)PCy2 (dcpe); o-Me2NC6H4PPh2 (P-NMe2)) and Ir(OMe)(cod)(dppe-F) (dppe-F = (C6F5)(2)P(CH2)(2)P(C6F5)(2)) are active catalysts for the cyclotrimerization of phenylacetylene and substituted derivatives. The nature of the phosphine ligand has a pronounced effect on catalytic activity and selectivity of the reactions: in some cases (L-L = dcpe, dppe-F) mixtures of oligomerization and polymerization products are obtained, in others only cyclomerization is observed, with regioselectivities as high as 100% of the 1,2,4-trisubstituted benzenes in the reactions catalyzed by HIr(cod)(dppm). The observed regioselectivity is discussed in terms of preferential formation of one of the possible metallacyclic intermediates of the catalytic reaction. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.