Syntheses and palladium, platinum, and borane adducts of symmetrical trialkylphosphines with three terminal vinyl groups, P((CH2) mCH=CH2)3

Abstract

Reactions of Br(CH2)mCH=CH2 with Mg powder and then PCl3 (0.33 equiv.) afford P((CH2)m-CH=CH 2)3 (1; m = a, 4; b, 5; c, 6; d, 7; e, 8; f, 9; 52-87 %). Reactions of 1a-c, e with PdX2(COD) (X = Cl, Br) give trans-PdX 2(P((CH2)mCH=CH2)3) 2 (35-92 %). Reactions of 1b-e with PtCl2 in benzene give mainly trans-PtCl2(P((CH2)mCH=CH 2)3)2 (trans-5b-e; 52-75 %), whereas those with K2PtCl4 in water give mainly cis-5b-e (33-70 %). The reaction of equimolar quantities of 1c and H3B.S(CH3) 2 gives the 1 : 1 adduct H3B·P((CH 2)6CH=CH2)3 (85 %). In none of these transformations are by-products derived from the C=C linkages observed. © 2010 Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung.