The present invention relates to the preparation of novel catalysts made from transition metal compounds and “tridentate” 4,5-diphosphinoacridine ligands (“acriphos”). The novel ligands employed herein are diphosphine compounds of 4,5-disubstituted acridine which coordinate transition metals in a three-fold way with the two phosphorus atoms and the acridine nitrogen. The invention also relates to the use of the novel catalysts for the catalysis of carbon monoxide conversion via the water-gas shift reaction (WGSR: CO+H2O→CO2+H2) and for the catalysis of the following reactions: hydroformylation, carbonylation, carboxylation, hydrogenation, hydrocyanogenation, hydrosilylation, polymerization, isomerization, cross-couplings and metathesis. The invention further relates to heretofore unknown syntheses of the 4,5-diphosphinoacridines through the reaction of 4,5-difluoroacridine with alkali metal phosphides [R2P−M+(M+═Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, preferably K+)] or through the reaction of 4,5-dibromoacridine with chlorophosphines (R2PCl) and magnesium, and to the preparation of 4,5-difluoroacridine and 4,5-dibromoacridine.
本发明涉及使用过渡
金属化合物和“三齿”4,5-
二膦基
蒽啉
配体(“acriphos”)制备新型催化剂的方法。本发明所采用的新型
配体是4,5-二取代
蒽啉的
二膦烷化合物,其通过两个
磷原子和
蒽啉氮以三重方式配位于过渡
金属上。本发明还涉及使用新型催化剂催化
一氧化碳转化为
水煤气变换反应(WGSR: CO+
H2O→
CO2+H2)以及以下反应:氢甲酰化、羰基化、羧化、加氢、氢
氰化、
硅氢化、聚合、异构化、交叉偶联和重排反应。本发明还涉及通过4,5-二
氟蒽啉与碱
金属
磷化物(R2P−M+(M+═Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+,最好是K+)]反应或通过4,5-二
溴蒽啉与
氯膦(R2PCl)和
镁反应而得到4,5-
二膦基
蒽啉的未知合成方法,并制备了4,5-二
氟蒽啉和4,5-二
溴蒽啉。