A chiral diphosphine as trans-chelate ligand and its relevance to catalysis

Nasser Nasser, D.J. Eisler, Richard J. Puddephatt

Chemical Communications · 2010 · 14 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

The chiral diphosphine ligand R,R-trans-1,2-C(6)H(10)(NHCOC(6)H(4)PPh(2))(2), 1, gives the fluxional trans-chelate complexes [M(1)]X, 2a-2c, M = Au or Ag. It is suggested that a similar trans-chelate conformation may be present in the catalytic intermediate [Pd(1)].

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