An experimental and computational comparison of phosphorus- and selenium-based ligands for catalysis

Autor: Jamie S. Ritch, Bronte J. Charette
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 94:386-391
ISSN: 1480-3291
0008-4042
DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2015-0417
Popis: To compare and contrast the bonding and reactivity of organoselenium ligands with organophosphines in coordination complexes, a new palladium(II) complex of the Se,N-chelating ligand o-(NH2)(X)C6H4 (X = SePh, 2) was prepared. Its characterization by NMR spectroscopy, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and density functional theory calculations is contrasted with the PdII complex of the related P,N- chelating ligand (X = PPh2, 1). These techniques indicate that the phenylseleno moiety is a weaker σ donor to the PdCl2 fragment than the diphenylphosphino group. Both complexes were suitable to catalyze the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of p-tolylboronic acid and 4-bromobenzaldehyde.
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