title: An improved synthesis of functionalized biphenyl-based phosphine ligands.
abstract: Functionalized dicyclohexyl- and di-tert-butylphosphinobiphenyl ligands are prepared by the reaction of arylmagnesium halides with benzyne, followed by the addition of a chlorodialkylphosphine. This one-pot procedure is considerably less expensive and time-consuming than the method used previously to prepare such ligands. The cost of introducing the dicyclohexylphosphine group can be decreased by preparing chlorodicyclohexylphosphine from PCl3 and cyclohexylmagnesium chloride, and using the reagent without further purification. The new method is significant, as a variety of ligands can be produced in useful amounts by a procedure that is simple, with starting materials that are relatively inexpensive, and, in most cases, without chromatographic purification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomori
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Buchwald
mesh_terms: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008024:Ligands; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010720:Phosphines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D008024:Ligands; D010720:Phosphines; C044646:phosphine