Phosphine pyridyl

P. Espinet, K Soulantica, Phosphine-Pyridyl and Related Ligands in Synthesis and Catalysis, Coord. Chem. Rev. 1999,195, 499-556. 

Carbonylation of methanol to acetic acid is fully discussed in Chapter 9. Another carbonylation process using a phosphine ligand to control the course of the reaction is a highly atom efficient route to the widely used monomer methyl methacrylate (Scheme 4.19). In this process the catalyst is based on palladium acetate and the phosphine ligand, bisphenyl(6-methyl-2-pyridyl) phosphine. This catalyst is remarkably (>99.5%) selective for the 2-carbonylation of propyne under the relatively mild conditions of <100 °C and 60 bar pressure. 

Casares, J.A., Espinet, P., Hernando, R., Iturbe, G., Villafane, F., Ellis, D.D. and Orpen, A.G. (1997) Poly(2-pyridyl) phosphines, PPynPh3 (n = 2, 3), and Their P-Substituted Derivatives as Tripodal Ligands in Molybdenum(O) Carbonyl Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 36(1), 44-49. 

Lautens et al. explored a water-soluble pyridyl phosphine moiety-based ligand for such additions (Scheme 4.7).90 [Rh(COD)Cl]2... 

Ligand self-assembly through coordinative bonding has been used to increase the bulkiness of a monodentate tris-3-pyridyl phosphine ligand employing the zinc porphyrin/pyridine interaction (Scheme 33) [95-97]. The corresponding rhodium catalyst allowed for regioselective hydroformylation of2-octene [95]. 

Amine complexes stabilized with phosphine ligands of the type [AuL(PR3)]+ have been obtained for L = bipy,2310 phen,2310,231 quinoline,23 1 acridine,2311 benzo[h]quinoline,2311 naphthyr-idine (388)2311 2,2 -biquinoline,2311 di-2-pyridyl-ketone,2311 di-2-pyridylamine,2311 2-(2-pyridyl)-benzimidazole, 2311 ferrocenylpyridine, 2-nitroaniline,2312 4-methoxyaniline,2312 NHPh2, 2 NHEt2,2312 NMe3,2312 quinuclidine,2313 NEt3,2314 2-aminothiazoline,2315 histidine,2316... 

In an effort to apply the cooperative principles of metalloenzyme reactivity, involving a combination of metal-ligand and hydrogen bonding, we have reported a ruthenium catalyst incorporating imidazolyl phosphine ligands that efficiently and selectively hydrates terminal alkynes (5). We subsequently found that application of pyridyl phosphines to the reaction resulted in a >10-fold rate enhancement and complete anti-Markovnikov selectivity, even in the... 

If the more activated alkene 2-vinylpyridine is used in place of styrene with the same catalysts and the same range of substrates, anti-Markovnikoff hydroamination is also found. Thus, N-[2-(2 -pyridyl)ethyl]piperidine was isolated in 53% yield from reaction of 2-vinylpyridine with piperidine in the presence of [Rh(COD)2]+/2PPh3 under reflux. N H addition was observed with other amines, the remaining product in all cases being primarily that from oxidative amination (Table 12). When the catalytic reaction was run in the absence of phosphine, the yield of hydroamination product increased dramatically.171... 

A related procedure to that discussed for the tris-dmgH system has been employed to cap one end of Fe(n), Co(n), Ni(n) and Zn(n) complexes of the tripod ligand, tris(2-aldoxime-6-pyridyl)phosphine... 

A Michael-type addition reaction of phosphine generated from red phosphorus in concentrated aqueous KOH solution has been noted to provide moderate isolable yields of pure organophosphorus products.27 For example, tris-(2-cyanoethyl)phosphine is produced in 45% isolable yield from acrylonitrile, and tris-(2-[y-pyridyl]ethyl) phosphine oxide is isolated in 40% yield from 4-vinylpyridine under these conditions. Excellent yields of the tertiary phosphine oxide, tris-(2-cyanoethyl)phosphine oxide, have been reported using white phosphorus in absolute ethanol with KOH at ice/salt-bath temperatures.28 A variety of solvent systems were examined for this reaction involving a Michael-type addition to acrylonitrile. Similarly, tris-(Z-styryl)phosphine is produced from phenylacetylene under these conditions in 55% isolated yield. It is noteworthy that this last cited reaction involves stereospecific syn- addition of the phosphine to the alkyne. 

The regioselective arylation occurs when the reaction of 2-arylpyridines with aryl halides is conducted with the aid of the ruthenium(ii)-phosphine complex as catalyst (Equation (66)).81 The ortho-position to the 2-pyridyl group is arylated predominantly. The aromatic imines are also arylated with the same catalytic system.82... 

Preparation.—From Halogenophosphine and Organometallic Reagents. The cyclo-pentadienylphosphines (1) have been obtained from the reaction of cyclopenta-dienylthallium with chlorophosphines in ether.1 Diphenyl(4-pyridyl)phosphine (2) is prepared from 4-pyridyl-lithium and chlorodiphenylphosphine,2 and an improved procedure for the synthesis of tri-(2-pyridyl)phosphine (3) from 2-pyridyl-lithium and phosphorus trichloride has been reported.3... 

We started this templated approach to catalyst encapsulation using tris(mefa-pyridyl)phosphine and zinc(ii)TPP (TPP = tetraphenylporphyrin) [7]. From NMR and UV/Vis titration experiments we found a selective assembly process via coordination of the nitrogen to the zinc(ii)TPP, rendering the phosphine donor atom completely encapsulated by the three porphyrin components (Figure 8.4). The phosphine center is still available for coordination to transition metals, providing... 

Figure 8.4 Modeled structure of an encapsulated transition metal catalyst, consisting of zinc(ii)TP) (gray), tris(meta-pyridyl)phosphine (3) (white) and M = [HRh(CO)3] (dark-gray). The different pyridylphosphine template-ligands used for assembly processes are also shown.

Figure 8.6 X-Ray (solid state) structure of the assemblyformed by tris(pora-pyridyl)phosphine (4) and a zinc(ii)salphen. The phosphorus atom is shown in black.

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