Group 10 metal complexes supported by a p-terphenyl diphosphine framework were synthesized and characterized. Resulting intramolecular central arene-metal interactions were investigated by NMR spectroscopy, single crystal X-ray diffraction, and reactivity studies. Binding of Ni(0) was found to activate the arene toward hydrogenation with H2 catalyzed by Shvo's catalyst. Ligand variants with oxygen substitution of the central arene were also synthesized and metallated. The effects of arene substitution on reduction potentials, metal-arene interactions, and reactivity were investigated.

Metal-arene interactions enforced by a pincer ligand: Models for arene activation

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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