Novel Chelating Phosphonite Ligands: Syntheses, Structures, and Nickel-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation of Olefins
A series of sterically tuned chelating bisarylphosphonite ligands with a cis-1,2-(bi)cycloalkane spacer and cyclic phosphonite moieties was synthesized. The spacer as well as the phosphacycles were modified to investigate their influence in the nickel-catalyzed hydrocyanation of styrene and 1,3-buta...
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Published in | Organometallics Vol. 27; no. 10; pp. 2189 - 2200 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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American Chemical Society
26.05.2008
Amer Chemical Soc |
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Summary: | A series of sterically tuned chelating bisarylphosphonite ligands with a cis-1,2-(bi)cycloalkane spacer and cyclic phosphonite moieties was synthesized. The spacer as well as the phosphacycles were modified to investigate their influence in the nickel-catalyzed hydrocyanation of styrene and 1,3-butadiene and the isomerization of 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile. NMR studies detect only catalytically active (P∩P)Ni(COD) species and no hints of the formation of catalytically inactive dibisphosphonite complexes (P∩P)2Ni are found. In the hydrocyanation of styrene, these catalysts are highly active (93% conversion) and highly regioselective (99.9% iso) at moderate catalyst concentrations (1 mol %). They also proved to be very active in the hydrocyanation of butadiene with turnover numbers of 644 and turnover frequencies of 426 h−1 at low catalyst concentrations (0.1 mol %). Moreover, they very efficiently catalyze the isomerization of 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile to the linear 3-pentenenitrile. |
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Bibliography: | CIF files giving X-ray crystallographic data from 1, 3, 4, 5, and (2-κ2P)Ni(COD). Pdf file giving further details of catalytic experiments performed. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org. ark:/67375/TPS-TS3095XJ-D istex:399DCA1AD1285CB82BBAF42B02EFEA2C823C38D7 |
ISSN: | 0276-7333 1520-6041 |
DOI: | 10.1021/om701140c |