A new class of pincer ligands that have a unique disubstituted phosphinoamino (NH-PR2) arm are introduced. Upon complexation to transition metals, a series of ruthenium, rhodium, nickel, iron, chromium, and cobalt complexes have been proven to be efficient catalysts for dehydrogenative coupling, hydrogenation, and olefin polymerization reactions. Selective examples of ethanol dehydrogenation to ethyl acetate and carbon dioxide reduction will be highlighted.

New class of PN3-pincer ligands for metal-ligand cooperative catalysis

247th National Meeting (2014)

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