title: Synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene palladium(II) bis-phosphine complexes and their decomposition in the presence of aryl halides
creator: Magill, AM
creator: Yates, BF
creator: Cavell, KJ
creator: Skelton, BW
creator: White, AH
subject: 259901 Organometallic Chemistry
description: Methylpalladium(II) carbene complexes of the type [Pd(NHC)Me(P–P)]BF4 (NHC = N-heterocyclic
carbene, P–P = chelating phosphine) have been synthesised, the complex [Pd(tmiy)Me(dcype)]BF4
(tmiy = 1,3,4,5-tetramethylimidazol-2-ylidene, dcype = 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane) being
characterised crystallographically. Complexes bearing the tmiy ligands were shown to decompose in an
analogous manner to complexes bearing monodentate phosphine ligands, with the rate of
decomposition being nominally linked to the size of the chelate ring. The decomposition of these
complexes in the presence of aryl halides—expected to yield Pd(Ar)X(P–P)—was studied and shown
instead to yield PdX2(P–P) and [Pd(tmiy)X(P–P)]BF4. Additionally, Pd(Me)X(P–P) and Pd(Ar)X(P–P)
were observed in some cases. Intermolecular cross-over reactions between the starting complex and
Pd(Ar)X(P–P) were found to be the source of these unexpected products.
publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
date: 2007
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://eprints.utas.edu.au/4468/1/4468.pdf
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b706053j
identifier: Magill, AM and Yates, BF and Cavell, KJ and Skelton, BW and White, AH (2007) Synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene palladium(II) bis-phosphine complexes and their decomposition in the presence of aryl halides. Dalton Transactions (31). pp. 3398-2406. ISSN 1477-9226
relation: http://eprints.utas.edu.au/4468/