Electron withdrawing substituents on equatorial and apical phosphines have opposite effects on the regioselectivity of rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation

…, EL Paulsen, EW Beuttenmueller, BR Proft…

Index: Casey, Charles P.; Lin Paulsen, Evelyn; Beuttenmueller, Eckart W.; Proft, Bernd R.; Petrovich, Lori M.; Matter, Brock A.; Powell, Douglas R. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1997 , vol. 119, # 49 p. 11817 - 11825

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Abstract

The electronic effects of electron withdrawing aryl substituents on equatorial and apical diphosphines were investigated. Chelating diphosphines designed to coordinate in diequatorial or in apical-equatorial positions were synthesized, and their effects on the regioselectivity of rhodium catalyzed 1-hexene hydroformylation were observed. Only diequatorial coordination was observed for 2, 2'-bis [(diphenylphosphino) methyl]-1, 1'- ...