Transition Metal Phosphine Complexes Possessing a Phase Transfer Function. Preparation and Catalytic Reactivity of Palladium Phosphine Complexes Containing Crown Ethers

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1986.1467

Crown-functionalized triarylphosphines and their palladium complexes were synthesized and characterized.The palladium complexes were found to fulfil the concerted function of the transition metal catalyst and the phase transfer catalyst in the two-phase reduction of 1-chloromethylnaphthalene with formate salts.