Ligand, phosphite

Generally, one would expect that increasing steric hindrance in the catalytically active rhodium complex would result in lower reaction rates. In this respect, the results of Van Leeuwen and Roobeek seemed at first to be contradictory. They used the very bulky tris(ortho tert-butylphenyl)phosphite la (Chart 6.1) as a ligand and found high reaction rates in the rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of other- 

Chart 6.1 Structure of bulky phosphites, 1 and 3, and an electron-poor phosphite, 2. 

Chart 6.2 Intermediates in the tris (2-tert-butyl-4-methyl phenyl) phosphite modified Rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation. 

The presence of 4e as the predominant species during the catalysis is also in accord with the observed kinetic behavior of this catalyst with 1-octene and styrene as the substrates. The observation of this saturated acyl rhodium complex is in line with the positive dependence of the reaction rate on the hydrogen concentration and the zero order in alkene concentration. It was concluded previously that this saturated acyl complex is an unreactive resting state [18]. Before the final hydro-genolysis reaction step can occur, a CO molecule has to dissociate in order to form 

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Under high pressure, the reaction favors the formation of kinetic adducts (10) and (11) with precursor (6). Further regioselectivity and yield enhancement could be achieved with the bidentate phosphite ligand tpdp (12) as illustrated in Scheme 2.3 [11]. 

Reaction of the cyclopropyl-substituted pivalate (25) with dimethyl benzylidenema-lonate in the presence of a palladium catalyst gave a mixture of alkylidenecyclo-propane (26) and vinylcyclopropane (27). The ratio of these two adducts is found to be quite sensitive to the choice of ligand and solvent. While triisopropyl phosphite favors the formation of the methylenecyclopropane (26), this selectivity is completely reversed with the use of the bidentate phosphite ligand dptp (12). Interestingly there was no evidence for any products that would have derived from the ring opening of the cyclopropyl-TMM intermediate (Scheme 2.8) [18]. 

Olivier-Bourbigou s group, for example, has recently shown that phosphite ligands can be used in Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation in ionic liquids as well as the well loiown phosphine systems [81]. Since phosphite ligands are usually unstable in aqueous media, this adds (apart from the much better solubility of higher olefins in... 

The vast majority of phosphine/phosphite-substituted products involve F-ligand ligation at late transition metals. In contrast, phosphite ligands displaced rhenium-coordinated CO or acetylene in [RePt3(/i-dppm)3(CO)3(L)l", - which are the... 

Several papers have appeared recently comparing various properties of carbonyl metal complexes substituted by various phosphines or phosphite ligands or isocyanides. Angelici and Ingemanson (4) studied the equilibrium... 

Scheme 2.11 Cu-catalysed 1,4-addition of ZnEt2 to 2-cyclohexenone with thioether-phosphite ligands bearing xylofuranose backbone.

In 2000, Claver et al. reported the synthesis of novel chiral S/P ligands with a xylofuranose backbone. These thioether-phosphite ligands derived from carbohydrates were investigated for the rhodium-catalysed hydroformylation of styrene but, in spite of good conversions (>99%) combined with excellent... 

Scheme 10.4 Rh-catalysed hydroformylation of styrene with xylofuranose-derived thioether-phosphite ligands.

Much progress has been made on regioselective hydroformylation of terminal alkenes in favor of the linear product. In particular bidentate phosphine or phosphite ligands, which have a natural bite angle 9 of about 110°, will favor the linear product. The most successful ligand types are BISBI [49, 50], BIPHEPHOS [51,52], and XANTPHOS systems (Scheme 8) [53]. 

Zinc(II) porphyrins form stable complexes with nitrogen donors. This complementary binding motif has been used in a number of variations for the self-assembly combinatorial construction of phosphine and phosphite ligand libraries. 

Switching the roles of the zinc porphyrin template and N-donor adapter provides an alternative mode for the supramolecular construction of biden-tate ligands (Scheme 32). Complex 26 derived from mixing three equivalents of template 24 with two equivalents of monodentate phosphite ligands 23 furnished a rhodium catalyst which displayed good regioselectivity toward... 

When the rhodium-catalyzed reaction is performed under a high pressure of CO in the presence of phosphite ligands, aldehyde products (159) are formed by insertion of CO into the rhodium-alkyl bond followed by reductive elimination (Eq. 31) [90]. The bimetallic catalysts were immobilized as nanoparticles, giving the same products and functional group tolerance, with the advantage that the catalyst could be recovered and reused without loss of... 

Tri-ra-butylphosphite, tri-ra-butylarsine, and tri-ra-butylstibine complexes of platinum(O) have been prepared by the reaction of the ligand with pt(COD)2] or, in the case of the phosphite, by reaction with [Pt(PPh3)4].38 All form four-coordinate complexes when 4 mole-equivalents of ligand are used, but when 2 or 3 mole-equivalents of the phosphite ligand are used, mixtures of three- and four-coordinate complexes are observed.38... 

The first examples of five-coordinate platinum(II) complexes of the type [Pt(PR3)L]2+ (L = tris(2-(diphenylphosphino)ethyl)phosphine R = Et, OMe, OEt) (104) containing only P-donor atoms have been prepared by the reaction of [PtClL]+ with an appropriate monodentate tertiary phosphine or phosphite ligand.284 Triaryl phosphines and phosphites do not react with the precursor complex, even at elevated temperatures, most probably due to the considerable steric interactions that would occur upon the approach of the P-donor ligand to the platinum(II) center. 

A study of sequential Arbuzov-type demethylation reactions of the platinum(II)-phosphite complex [Pt P(OMe)3 4]2+, in which the phosphite ligands are converted to phosphonates, has been described.285 Many of the products of the reaction were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.286 The X-ray structures are the first reported for trialkylphosphite complexes of platinum(II). 

Phosphites have been used as ligands in Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation from the early days since their introduction in 1969.205 206 Identification of complexes occurred more recently. Ziolkowski and Trzeciak have studied extensively the use of phosphite ligands in the Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation of alkenes.207-210 The ligand tris(2-/er/-butyl-4-methylphenyl) phosphite (65) leads to extremely fast catalysis and in situ spectroscopy showed that under the reaction conditions only a mono-ligated complex [Rh(H)(CO)3(65)], (66), is formed due the bulkiness of the ligand.211-213... 

Remarkably, Claver et al. showed that in a square planar rhodium carbonyl chloride complex, two bulky phosphite ligands (65) were able to coordinate in a trans orientation.214 Diphosphite ligands having a high selectivity for linear aldehyde were introduced by Bryant and co-workers. Typical examples are (67)-(70).215,216... 

Chiral thioureas have been synthesized and used as ligands for the asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene catalyzed by rhodium(I) complexes. The best results were obtained with /V-phenyl-TV -OS )-(l-phenylethyl)thiourea associated with a cationic rhodium(I) precursor, and asymmetric induction of 40% was then achieved.387,388 Chiral polyether-phosphite ligands derived from (5)-binaphthol were prepared and combined with [Rh(cod)2]BF4. These systems showed high activity, chemo- and regio-selectivity for the catalytic enantioselective hydroformylation of styrene in thermoregulated phase-transfer conditions. Ee values of up to 25% were obtained and recycling was possible without loss of enantioselectivity.389... 

Chiral thioether-phosphite ligands (125) derived from 1,2-O-isopropylidenexylofuranose have been synthesized. Reaction of these chiral ligands with [Rh(cod)2]BF4 yielded [Rh(cod)(125)]BF4. These ligands were tested in the Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation of styrene. The hydroformylation results (ee values were insignificant) are discussed according to the solution structure of the species formed under hydroformylation conditions. HP NMR studies show that only the phosphite is coordinated during the catalytic reaction.390... 

In any case, the amount of water remaining in the catalyst solution recirculated to the reactor needs to be controlled to avoid undesirable levels of phosphite ligand hydrolysis. 

Figure 3.2. Chiral phosphine-phosphite ligands on a highly cross-linked polystyrene polymer...

Figure 3.8. An early example of a hybrid support applied in the rhodium catalysed hydroformylation operated in a continuous flow reactor. Polystyrene containing phosphite ligands were grafted on inorganic silica, such that the catalyst will behave as a homogeneous catalyst when using a compatible solvent...

Nevertheless, the application of ionic liquids in the liquid-liquid, biphasic Rh-catalysed hydroformylation offers technically interesting advantages vs. the traditional aqueous biphasic catalysis e.g. much higher solubility for longer chain olefins and the compatibility of the ionic liquid with phosphite ligands [51]. 

The formation of cationic nickel hydride complexes by the oxidative addition of Brdnsted acids (HY) to zero-valent nickel phosphine or phosphite complexes (method C,) has already been discussed in Section II. Interesting in this connection is a recent H NMR study of the reaction of bis[tri(o-tolyl)phosphite]nickelethylene and trifluoroacetic acid which leads to the formation of a square-planar bis[tri(o-tolyl)phosphite] hydridonickel trifluoroacetate (30) (see below) having a cis arrangement of the phosphite ligands (82). 

It is conceivable that analogous changes also take place here but probably more efficiently, because the ligand dissociation step involved only weakly bonded bridging Cl- rather than a relatively strongly coordinated phosphite ligand ... 

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