Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-21-2019

Embargo Period

8-21-2020

Publication Title

Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials

Abstract

The unsymmetrical bidentate phosphine ligands (Me)2PCH2CH2CH2P(Et)2 (14), (Me)2PCH2CH2CH2P(iPr)2 (15), (Me)2PCH2CH2CH2P(Cy)2 (16), and (Me)2PCH2CH2CH2P(Ph)2 (17) were synthesized using air–stable phosphine oxide intermediates. In the first step, sodium phosphinites formed by deprotonation of (Me)2P(O)H, (Et)2P(O)H, and (iPr)2P(O)H were alkylated by 1-bromo-3-chloropropane. The different substitution rates of the chloride and bromide groups allowed the isolation of the intermediates (Me)2P(O)CH2CH2CH2Cl (2), (Et)2P(O)CH2CH2CH2Cl (3), and (iPr)2P(O)CH2CH2CH2Cl (4). Subsequent reaction of (Me)2P(O)CH2CH2CH2Cl (2) with the sodium phosphinites generated from (Et)2P(O)H, (iPr)2P(O)H, (tBu)2P(O)H, (Cy)2P(O)H, or (Ph)2P(O)H gave unsymmetrical bidentate phosphine oxides; reduction of these oxides yielded the unsymmetrical phosphines. The unsymmetrical bidentate phosphines react with metal salts to form complexes. X-ray crystal structures of cis-Pt((Me)2P(CH2CH2CH2)P(iPr)2)Cl2 (20) and racemic [CuI((Me)2P(CH2CH2CH2)P(Ph)2)]Cl (21) were obtained. The kinetics and scope of the synthetic route were also explored. Experiments showed that the rate of substitution of the alkyl chloride group in (R)2P(O)CH2CH2CH2Cl-type oxides increases relative to unsubstituted alkyl chlorides due to the presence of the phosphonyl group on one end of the molecule. The scope of the reaction involving 1,2-dihaloalkanes was also investigated, and it was found that the reaction mixture of sodium dimethylphosphinite and 1,2-dihaloalkanes formed tetramethylbis(phosphine) monoxide (22), which decomposes on work-up to give complex reaction mixtures.

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1

Last Page

10

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-019-01288-9

ISSN

1574-1451

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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-019-01288-9

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