Bis(diphenylphosphinoethyl)phenylphosphine

Bis(diphenylphosphinoethyl)phenylphosphine

Bis(diphenylphosphinoethyl)phenylphosphine

Chemical compound

Bis(diphenylphosphinoethyl)phenylphosphine is the organophosphorus compound with the formula [Ph2PCH2CH2]2PPh (Ph = C6H5). It is an air-sensitive white solid that function as tridentate ligands in coordination and organometallic chemistry.

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It is prepared by the free-radical-catalysed addition of phenylphosphine to vinyldiphenylphosphine:[1]

2 Ph2PCH=CH2 + H2PPh → [Ph2PCH2CH2]2PPh

It can bind to an octahedral metal center give either a facial or meridional isomers. Some derivatives are square planar complexes of the type [MX(triphos)]+ (M = Ni, Pd, Pt; X = halide).

References

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    "Synthesis of Polytertiary Phosphines and ‘Mixed’ Phosphorus–Sulphur and ‘Mixed’ Phosphorus–Nitrogen Polydentate Ligands via Free-Radical Catalysis" Daniel L. DuBois, William H. Myers, Devon W. Meek J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1975, 1011-1015.doi:10.1039/DT9750001011
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    Hartley, J. G., Venanzi, L. M., Goodall, D. C., "The Preparation and Complex-Forming Properties of One tritertiary and One Tetratertiary Phosphine", J. Chem. Soc. 1963, 3930. doi:10.1039/JR9630003930
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