title: Synthesis, coordination and catalytic use of 1-(diphenylphosphino)-1'-carbamoylferrocenes with pyridyl-containing N-substituents.
abstract: Ferrocene phosphinocarboxamides, 1-(diphenylphosphino)-1'-{N-[(2-pyridyl)methyl]carbamoyl}ferrocene (1) and 1-(diphenylphosphino)-1'-{N-[2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]carbamoyl}ferrocene (2) were prepared from 1-(diphenylphosphino)-1'-ferrocenecarboxylic acid and studied as ligands for palladium. Starting with [PdCl2(cod)], the reactions at a 2 : 1 ligand-to-metal ratio gave uniformly the bis-phosphine complexes [PdCl2(L-kappaP)2] (3, L = 1; 4, L = 2) whereas those performed at a 1 : 1 ratio yielded distinct products: [PdCl2(1-kappa(2)P,N)] (5) with 1 coordinating as a trans-spanning P,N-donor, and the symmetric, P,N-bridged dimer [(micro-2-N,P)2{PdCl2}2] (6), respectively. The crystal structures of 1, 2, 4.4CHCl3, 5.AcOH, and 6.8CHCl3 as determined by X-ray diffraction showed the compounds to form well defined solid-state assemblies through hydrogen bonds. Testing of the phosphinocarboxamides in the palladium-catalysed Suzuki cross-coupling reaction revealed 1 and 2, combined with Pd(OAc)2 to form efficient catalysts for the reactions of aryl bromides while aryl chlorides coupled only when activated with electron-withdrawing groups.
authors.affiliation: Charles University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Hlavova 2030, 128 40, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Janett
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kühnert
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dusek
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Demel
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stepnicka