gem-Dialkyl Effect in Diphosphine Ligands: Synthesis, Coordination Behavior, and Application in Pd-Catalyzed Hydroformylation

Autor: Charles Romain, James D. Nobbs, Andrew J. P. White, Srinivasulu Aitipamula, Martin van Meurs, George J. P. Britovsek, Dillon W. P. Tay
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: ACS Catalysis. 10:663-671
ISSN: 2155-5435
Popis: A series of palladium complexes with C3-bridged bidentate bis(diphenylphosphino)propane ligands with substituents of varying steric bulk at the central carbon have been synthesized. The size of the gem-dialkyl substituents affects the C–C–C bond angles within the ligands and consequently the P–M–P ligand bite angles. A combination of solid-state X-ray diffraction (XRD) and density functional theory (DFT) studies has shown that an increase in substituent size results in a distortion of the 6-membered metal–ligand chair conformation toward a boat conformation, to avoid bond angle strain. The influence of the gem-dialkyl effect on the catalytic performance of the complexes in palladium-catalyzed hydroformylation of 1-octene has been investigated. While hydroformylation activity to nonanal decreases with increasing size of the gem-dialkyl substituents, a change in chemoselectivity toward nonanol via reductive hydroformylation is observed.
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