Bidentate palladium complexes

Bidentate palladium complexes of 5 were formed upon the addition of PdCl2, as shown by P-NMR spectroscopy, and even for the largest dendrimers steric interactions between the dendritic branches did not prevent the facile formation of the bidentate complex. Crotylpalladium chloride complexes were prepared in situ from these dendrimers and used as catalysts for allylic alkylation reactions. The regio-selectivity for the branched product for the alkylation of 3-phenylallyl acetate with diethyl sodio-2-methylmalonate increased when the higher-generation dendrimers were used, albeit at the cost of a lower activity. 

In 2005, Carretero et al. reported a second example of chiral catalysts based on S/P-coordination employed in the catalysis of the enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction, namely palladium complexes of chiral planar l-phosphino-2-sulfenylferrocenes (Fesulphos). This new family of chiral ligands afforded, in the presence of PdCl2, high enantioselectivities of up to 95% ee, in the asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene with A-acryloyl-l,3-oxazolidin-2-one (Scheme 5.17). The S/P-bidentate character of the Fesulphos ligands has been proved by X-ray diffraction analysis of several metal complexes. When the reaction was performed in the presence of the corresponding copper-chelates, a lower and opposite enantioselectivity was obtained. This difference of results was explained by the geometry of the palladium (square-planar) and copper (tetrahedral) complexes. 

B(3,5-(CF3)2C6H3)4-.512 Palladium complexes with a hemilabile terdentate carbene ligand, 1,3-bis(pyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, were active toward the catalytic polymerization of CO/norbornylene.513 Palladium complexes of cz s-bidentate C4-bridged diphosphines cis- and trans- 1,2-bis [(diphenylphosphino)methyl]cyclohexane, e fl o,e fl o-2,3-bis[(diphenylphosphino)methyl] norbornane,... 

Bidentate chiral water-soluble ligands such as (S,S)-2,4-bis(diphenyl-sulfonatophosphino)butane BDPPTS (Fig. 2) or (R,R) 1,2-bis(diphenylsul-fonatophosphinomethyl)cyclobutane have been prepared [25]. Their palladium complexes catalyze the synthesis of chiral acids from various viny-larenes and an ee of 43% has been reached for p-methoxystyrene with the BDPPTS ligand. Furthermore, recycling of the aqueous phase has shown that the regio- and enantioselectivity are maintained and that no palladium leaches. 

When the steric repulsion between a cis bidentate and two substituents R and CN increases in a series of bidentate phosphine complexes of palladium, the rate of reductive elimination of R-CN increases by several orders of magnitude [16], Actually, the steric effect and electronic effect are related and careful variation of only one property at a time is needed to distinguish between the two. 

In line with the above mechanism, catalyst deactivation by formation of palladium black can be retarded by increasing the [P]/[Pd] ratio, however, only on the expense of the reaction rate. Bidentate phosphines form stronger chelate complexes than TPPMS which may allow at working with lower phosphine to palladium ratios. Indeed, the palladium complex of sulfonated XANTPHOS (51) proved to be an effective and selective catalyst for hydroxycarbonylation of propene, although at [51]/[Pd] < 2 formation of palladium black was still observed. The catalyst was selective towards the formation of butyric acid, with 1/b = 65/35 [41]. 

The reaction to form the palladium complex is similar to that reported for amine salts, although here, because a bidentate chelating ligand is used, no chlorine atoms are retained in the complex, and the system is easy to strip. Also, as both reactions involve initial ion pair extraction, fast kinetics are observed with 3-5 min contact time to reach equilibrium at ambient temperature. The extraction conditions can be easily adjusted in terms of acidity to suit any relative metal concentrations and, because the reagent is used in the protonated form, good selectivity over base metals, such as iron and copper,... 

Recently, the oxidative addition of C2-S bond to Pd has been described. Methyl levamisolium triflate reacts with [Pd(dba)2] to give the cationic palladium complex 35 bearing a chiral bidentate imidazolidin-2-ylidene ligand [120]. The oxidative addition of the levamisolium cation to triruthenium or triosmium carbonyl compounds proceeds also readily to yield the carbene complexes [121], The oxidative addition of imidazolium salts is not limited to or d transition metals but has also been observed in main group chemistry. The reaction of a 1,3-dimesitylimidazolium salt with an anionic gallium(I) heterocycle proceeds under formation of the gaUium(III) hydrido complex 36 (Fig. 12) [122]. 

Bidentate ferrocene ligands containing a chiral oxazoline substituent possess both planar chiral and center chiral elements and have attracted much interest as asymmetric catalysts.However, until recently, preparation of such compounds had been limited to resolution. In 1995, four groups simultaneously communicated their results on the asymmetric synthesis of these structures using an oxazoline-directed diastereoselective lithiation (Scheme 8.141). " When a chiral oxazolinylferrocene 439 was metalated with butyllithium and the resulting aryllithium species trapped with an electrophile, diastereomer 442 was favored over 443. The structure of the major diastereomer 442 was confirmed, either by conversion to a compound of known stereochemistry or by X-ray crystallography of the product itself or of the corresponding palladium complex. ... 

Styrene characteristically yields the branched acid in the presence of palladium and monodentate phosphine ligands,132 142 and in the [Fe(CO)5]-promoted process.143 Palladium with certain bidentate phosphines, in turn, produces more linear acid.142 Asymmetric hydrocarboxylations with palladium complexes and chiral ligands with enantiomeric excesses up to 84% have been reported.144 145... 

The 1,4-disilylation of a,/3-unsaturated ketones has been reported by Ito and co-workers.172 Unsymmetrically substituted disilanes, PhCl2SiSiMe3 and Cl3SiSiMe3, undergo reaction in the presence of catalytic amounts of palladium complexes with tertiary alkyl phosphine or bidentate phosphine ligands to yield /3-silyl ketones [Eq. (64)]. 

Complex compounds obtained on the basis of phosphoranimine 409 [712a] and diaminophosphine 410 [520] ligands are of considerable interest. Complex compounds of the types 408 and 410 are represented in general by chelates, and 409 by cluster structures. N,P-Bidentate ligands and their rhodium and palladium complexes are described in a recent review [712b],... 

Several catalytic systems have been investigated for hydroamination of unsaturated bonds [16]. Takahashi et al. reported the telomerization of 1,3-dienes in the presence of an amine leading to octadienylamine or allylic amines when palladium catalysts are used in association with monodentate or bidentate phosphine ligands, respectively [17]. Dieck et al. demonstrated the beneficial effect of addition of an amine hydroiodic salt in the hydroamination reaction of 1,3-dienes in which the allylic amines are produced via an intermediate Jt-allyl palladium complex [18]. Coulson reported the Pd-catalyzed addition of amines to allenes where dimerization is incorporated [4]. This reaction presumably proceeds via a cyclic palladium intermediate in which the Pd activates the olefinic bond for nucleophilic attack the reactions are therefore different from pronucleophilic additions. 

Palladium complexes with monocoordinated phosphine ligands were synthesized by mixing the corresponding phosphine dendrimer with [Pd(cod)MeCl], which afforded exclusively trans dendrimer(MePdCl) complexes (P/Pd = 2). Complexes in which the ligand is coordinated in a bidentate fashion were synthesized by reaction of the respective bisphosphine den-... 

In batch processes, the monodentate catalysts showed lower activity compared to their bidentate analogs. The activity per palladium center was constant upon increasing the dendrimer generation of the dendritic Pd(allyl) complexes, indicating that all active sites act as independent catalysts. In addition, the selectivity between the E- and Z-products was similar to that induced by analogous mononuclear palladium complexes. Although a considerable amount of the branched product was observed, the authors did not put forward an explanation for its formation. 

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