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Method for producing orthometalated and orthosubstituted metallocenes

US7435840B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 2004
Grant dateOct 14, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 25, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07F17/02
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to compounds having a structural element of formula (I) in an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, wherein: M represents —Li, —MgX3, (C1-C18-Alkyl)3Sn—, —ZnX3 or —B(O—C1-C4-Alkyl)2; X1 and X2, independent of one another, represent O or N, and C-bound hydrocarbon radicals or heterohydrocarbon radicals are bound to the free bonds of the O and N atoms; group —C═C—, together with C atoms, forms a hydrocarbon aromatic compound and represents X3 Cl, Br or I. The inventive compounds are easily obtained by directly substituting the hydrogen in the ortho position to the P atom with metalation reagents. The metal atoms can then be substituted by a reactive electrophilic compound. The group —P(X1—)(X2—) - - - -(BH3)0,1 can then be converted into a secondary phosphine group. The inventive method enables the production of monophosphines and diphosphines even on a large scale, which are valuable ligands for metal complexes serving as catalysts for, e.g. enantioselective hydrogenations.

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