Synthesis and catalytic properties of ferrocenophane phosphines

6 Title: Sythesis and catalytic properties of ferrocenophane phosphines Author: Karel Škoch Institution: Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Department of Inorganic Chemistry Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Petr Štěpnička, Ph.D. Keywords: ferrocene, ferrocenophane, phosphine ligands, palladium, asymetric catalysis, aza- Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction, asymetric allylic alkylation Abstract: This Thesis describes the preparation of five sterically and electronically different ferrocene phosphines, (R)-1,1'-[1-(diarylphosphino)propan-1,3-diyl]ferrocenes (R)-1a-e, and a study into their coordination and catalytic properties. The key precursor of the phosphine synthesis, chiral alcohol (R)-2, was prepared according to the procedure described in the literature. Alcohol (R)-2 was converted with retention of configuration to diarylphosphines (R)-1a-e in one-step reaction with trimethylsilylchloride and sodium iodide and then with the corresponding diarylphosphine. Phosphines 1a-e were characterized by NMR and MS methods. For the basic representative 1a the following palladium(II) complexes were prepared: [PdCl(LNC )(1a)] (10, LNC = 2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]phenyl-C1 ,N) and trans- [PdCl2(1a)2] (9a). In addition, the isomeric complex cis-[PdCl2(1a)2] (9b) was isolated from the reaction mixture after catalytic..