Facile, catalytic dehydrocoupling of phosphines using β-diketiminate iron(II) complexes

Andrew K. King, Antoine Buchard, Mary F. Mahon, Ruth L. Webster

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

55 Citations (SciVal)
303 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Catalytic dehydrocoupling of primary and secondary phosphines has been achieved for the first time using an iron pre-catalyst. The reaction proceeds under mild reaction conditions and is successful with a range of diarylphosphines. A proton acceptor is not needed for the transformation to take place, but addition of 1-hexene does allow for turnover at 50 °C. The catalytic system developed also facilitates the dehydrocoupling of phenylphosphane and dicyclohexylphosphane. A change in solvent switches off dehydrocoupling to allow hydrophosphination of alkenes.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15960-15963
Number of pages4
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume21
Issue number45
Early online date25 Sept 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Nov 2015

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Facile, catalytic dehydrocoupling of phosphines using β-diketiminate iron(II) complexes'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this