1,1'-bis(phosphino)ferrocene derivatives are an unique set of ligands having a flexible bite angle which can be increased by either opening the angle between the two Cp planes or by increasing the torsion angle along the axis described by the two centroids of the Cp rings. As a result, these ligands offer stability to transient catalytic intermediates and their metal complexes are widely used as catalysts for cross coupling and C-X bond forming reactions. We have been developing a wide array of protic ligands for their catalytic utilization through elaborate H-bonding interactions with ligand heteroatoms. In this talk we will discuss the synthetic strategies for developing protic N-heterocycle functionalized phosphinoferrocenes, their reactivity with transition metals and their evaluation as a platform for small molecule activation.

Designing N-heterocycle functionalized phosphinoferrocene ligands

2019 Fall National Meeting

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