Diphosphines, hydroformylation

J. J. Carbo, F. Maseras, and C. Bo, Rhodium Diphosphine Hydroformylation, in Computational Modeling of Homogeneous Catalysis, F. Maseras and A. Lledos, Eds., Kluwer Academic Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2002, pp. 161-187. 

The results obtained in the biphasic hydroformylation of 1-octene are presented in Table 5.2-1. In order to evaluate the properties of the ionic diphosphine ligand... 

In 1999, Casado et al. developed heterotetranuclear complexes (TiRh3) depicted in Scheme 10.3 with bridging sullido ligands combined with P-donor ligands. These complexes were further tested as catalysts for the asymmetric hydroformylation reaction of styrene. In this process, [CpTi((/i3-S)3 Rh(tfbb 3] was efficiently active under mild conditions (10 bar, CO/H2 = 1 atm, 353 K). In order to explore the effect of the added phosphorus ligand and the possibilities of this system for the asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene, achiral diphosphines such as dppe (l,2-bis(diphenylphosphine)ethane) and... 

Many chiral diphosphine ligands have been evaluated with regard to inducing enantioselectivity in the course of the hydroformylation reaction [25,26]. However, a real breakthrough occurred in 1993 with the discovery of the BI-NAPHOS ligand by Takaya and Nozaki [65]. This was the first efficient and rather general catalyst for the enantioselective hydroformylation of several classes of alkenes, such as aryl alkenes, 1-heteroatom-functionalized alkenes, and substituted 1,3-dienes, and is still a benchmark in this area [66,67]. But still a major problem in this field is the simultaneous control of enantio-... 

Mono and binuclear platinum(II) complexes with diphosphines have been reported as catalysts in the hydroformylation reaction. Dppp and related diphosphines are used as ligands in platinum/Sn systems for the hydroformylation of different substrates.99-107... 

Platinum complexes [PtCl2(diphosphine)] and [PtCl(SnCl3)(diphosphine)] of the ferrocenyl diphosphine ligands (35a), (35b), and (36) have been synthesized. Complexes [PtCl2(35)] and [PtCl2(36)] have been structurally characterized by XRD. Both the preformed and the in situ catalysts have been used in the hydroformylation of styrene.112... 

Cobalt carbonyls are the oldest catalysts for hydroformylation and they have been used in industry for many years. They are used either as unmodified carbonyls, or modified with alkylphosphines (Shell process). For propene hydroformylation, they have been replaced by rhodium (Union Carbide, Mitsubishi, Ruhrchemie-Rhone Poulenc). For higher alkenes, cobalt is still the catalyst of choice. Internal alkenes can be used as the substrate as cobalt has a propensity for causing isomerization under a pressure of CO and high preference for the formation of linear aldehydes. Recently a new process was introduced for the hydroformylation of ethene oxide using a cobalt catalyst modified with a diphosphine. In the following we will focus on relevant complexes that have been identified and recently reported reactions of interest. 

Phosphacyclic diphosphines (73a) and (73b) with wide natural bite angles were synthesized and the effect of the phosphacyclic moieties on the coordination chemistry in the [(diphosphine) Rh(CO)2H] complexes was studied. Both NMR and IR spectroscopy showed that the phosphacyclic xantphos ligands exhibit an enhanced preference for diequatorial chelation compared to the diphenylphosphino-substituted parent compound. In the hydroformylation of 1-octene the introduction of the phosphacyclic moieties leads to higher reaction rates. The dibenzophospholyl- and phenoxaphosphino-substituted xantphos ligands exhibit a high activity and selectivity in the hydroformylation of trans-2- and 4-octene to linear nonanal. CO dissociation rates from the... 

Three generations of dendritic phosphines have been prepared from 3,5-diaminobenzoylglycine and 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-L-phenylalanine. The dendrimers were then attached to MBHA resin, treated with CH20 and Ph2PH, and converted to their Rh complexes. The polymer-supported complexes are excellent catalysts for the hydroformylation of alkenes, which could be recycled.283 The bidentate diphosphine A,A-bis-(P-(phosphabicyclo[3.3.1] nonan) methyl)aniline was prepared by phosphanomethylation of aniline. It forms a Rh-complex which is a highly regioselective catalyst in the hydroformylation of citronellene.284... 

The cA-PtCl2(diphosphine)/SnCl2 constitutes the system mostly used in catalyzed hydroformylation of alkenes and many diphosphines have been tested. In the 1980s, Stille and co-workers reported on the preparation of platinum complexes with chiral diphosphines related to BPPM (82) and (83) and their activity in asymmetric hydroformylation of a variety of prochiral alkenes.312-314 Although the branched/normal ratios were low (0.5), ees in the range 70-80% were achieved in the hydroformylation of styrene and related substrates. When the hydroformylation of styrene, 2-ethenyl-6-methoxynaphthalene, and vinyl acetate with [(-)-BPPM]PtCl2-SnCl2 were carried out in the presence of triethyl orthoformate, enantiomerically pure acetals were obtained. 

Platinum(II) complexes with diphosphines based on DIOP (85),315-321 CHIRAPHOS (86),316,320 and bdpp (87)322-325 backbones have been prepared to be used, in the presence of SnCl2, as catalyst precursors in asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene and other alkenes. 

Alkylated diphosphines (R,R)-(92) and (93) were used as chiral ligands in the Pt-catalyzed hydroformylations of some alkeneic substrates. These ligands bring about a loss of catalytic activity with respect to the corresponding diphenylphosphine homolog, particularly in the case of the platinum systems. The regioselectivity favors the straight-chain (or less branched) isomer in the case of terminal alkenes with the exception of styrene the enantioselectivity is very low in all cases.320... 

MeOBIPHEP is the atropisomeric diphosphine 2,2,-bis(diphenylphosphino)-6,6 -dimethoxy-l,-l -biphenyl (100), has been synthesized. In the presence of SnCl2, this species is an efficient catalyst for the asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene. Asymmetric inductions are higher than those attainable using the system [PtCl2 (i )-(+)-BINAP ]/SnCl2, where BINAP is 2,2 -bis(di-phenylphosphino)-l,l,-binaphthyl. The influence of CO and H2 partial pressures on the catalytic activity of the (99)/SnCl2 system has also been studied.328 Complexes [PtMeCl(P-P)][(101), P-P = (5)-6,6,-(dimethoxybiphenyl)-2,2,-diylbis(diphenylphosphine) ((5)-MOBIPH) (102),... 

Modified rhodium systems show considerable activity in the hydroformylation of styrene to the branched aldehydes. Chiral diphosphines, diphosphites, and phosphine-phosphites have been the ligands most studied. Hydroformylation experiments have often been performed in situ but the characterization of intermediates has provided an interesting contribution to coordination chemistry.179... 

CHIRAPHOS (86), bdpp (87), DIOP (85), deguphos (117), and related chiral diphosphines have been used as ligands in asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene and related substrates.255 347-349... 

The hydroformylation of styrene using rhodium systems containing the four structurally related diphosphines dppe, dppp, (86), and (87) has been studied. A systematic analysis of the effect of the pressure, temperature, and the ligand metal molar ratio shows that the five- and six-membered ring chelating diphosphines behave differently from one another.347 An analysis of the effect of pressure, temperature, and ligand metal molar ratio on the selectivity of styrene hydroformylation catalyzed... 

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