Journal of organometallic chemistry

The facile cyclometallation reaction of 1, 3-bis [(diphenyl-phosphino) methyl] benzene

H Rimml, LM Venanzi

Index: Rimml, Heinrich; Venanzi, Luigi M. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1983 , vol. 259, # 1 p. C6 - C7

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Citation Number: 131

Abstract

Abstract It is shown that 1, 3-bis (diphenylphosphinomethyl) benzene (PCHP) readily undergoes a cyclometallation reaction with nickel (II), palladium (II), and platinum (II) species giving products of the type [MX (PCP)][M Ni, Pd, and Pt; X halide and PCP 2, 6-bis ( diphenylphosphinomethyl) phenyl]. Cyclometallation requires the formation of intermediates trans-[MX 2 (PCHP)].