Aminophosphine Chemistry
Aminophosphine Chemistry
Aminophosphines
Alkoxy- and aryloxy-functionalised phosphines, have long been used as alternatives to C-substituted phosphines, which are common ligands in transition metal chemistry. Within the group we are developing the coordination chemistry and applications in catalysis of amino-phosphines, RxP(NR’2)3-x (x = 0-2), compounds that have received contrastingly little attention.1,2 They are easy to prepare through reaction of a secondary amine with a halophosphine. This allows extensive structural and electronic diversity to be achieved, in a systematic way, through judicious choice of NR’2 unit. In particular, significant steric bulk can be located about the phosphorus centre (e.g.1, cone angle 220º); bulky ligands find application in a number of areas of catalysis. Furthermore, the chemistry of aminophosphines with their polar P-N bonds is extremely rich, both in and out of the coordination sphere of metals, opening up a range of unique, but synthetically useful transformations.
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