Laura E. Hagopian, A. Campbell, J. Golen
Nov 15, 2006
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Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
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Abstract The electrochemistry of 1,1′-bis(dicyclohexylylphosphino)ferrocene (dcpf) was examined in methylene chloride with tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate or tetrabutylammonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate as the supporting electrolyte. The oxidation of dcpf is complicated by a follow-up reaction. Seven new complexes containing dcpf and one new compound containing 1,1′-bis(di-tert-butylphosphino)ferrocene (dtbpf) were prepared and characterized. The new complexes were analyzed by cyclic voltammetry and the oxidation of these complexes occurred at a more positive potential than the free ligand. In addition, the X-ray structure of [PdCl2(dcpf)] was determined and compared to other palladium complexes containing bisphosphinometallocene ligands. Five different palladium complexes containing bisphosphinometallocene ligands were examined as catalyst precursors in Buchwald–Hartwig catalysis.