Which future for stereogenic phosphorus? Lessons from P* pincer complexes of iron(ii)


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2019-08-14

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PNP pincer ligands stabilise diamagnetic base metal catalysts, and much effort has been invested in the development of chiral analogues for asymmetric catalysis. Starting from the conformational issues that affect P-stereogenic diphosphines, we extend the analysis to our recently prepared P-stereogenic PNP pincer ligands, which we used in the iron(II)-catalysed hydrogenation of ketones. Backbone rigidity and size (and shape) of the substituents at phosphorus are pivotal in both bi- and tridentate P-stereogenic ligands, and their interplay is discussed, as well as the contribution (and shortcomings) of DFT calculations to the understanding of the conformational flexibility and enantiodiscrimination.

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55 (63)

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9251 - 9266

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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08812 - Mezzetti, Antonio (Tit-Prof.) (ehemalig) / Mezzetti, Antonio (Tit.-Prof.) (former) check_circle

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