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times. Spectra were collected in benzene-d6 solution and are re-
ported with reference to residual solvent resonances (d 7.16 and
d 128.0) or external 85% H3PO4 (d 0.0). Infrared spectra were col-
lected on a Perkin–Elmer System 2000 FT-IR spectrometer at a res-
olution of 1 cmꢀ1. Mass spectra were collected on an Applied
Biosystems 4000QTrap Pro. Complex 1 was prepared according to
literature procedures [10]. Phosphanes were purchased from Strem
Chemicals and used without further purification.
crystal of complex 2 was mounted in a nylon loop with Paratone-N
cryoprotectant oil. The structure was solved using direct methods
and standard difference map techniques and refined by full-matrix
least squares procedures on F2 with SHELXTL (version 6.14) [19]. All
non-hydrogen atoms were refined anisotropically. Hydrogen
atoms on carbon were included in calculated positions and were
refined using a riding model. The hydrogen atoms on the phospho-
rus atoms of 2, H(1), H(2), and H(3), were located in the Fourier dif-
ference map and refined freely. Crystal data and refinement details
are presented in Table 1.
2.1. Preparation of (N3N)Zr[j
2-1,2-PH(PH2)C6H4] (2)
A scintillation vial was charged with 1 (100 mg, 0.22 mmol) and
3 mL of benzene. To the solution of 1, o-bisphosphinobenzene
(31 mg, 0.22 mmol) was added, and the resulting pale yellow solu-
tion was stirred at ambient temperature for 30 min then frozen
and lyophilized. The resultant powder was dissolved in Et2O, and
the solution was filtered through a bed of Celite and concentrated
until incipient crystallization. Yellow crystals of 2 formed upon
cooling to ꢀ30 °C overnight (83 mg, 0.14 mmol, 64%). 1H
(500.1 MHz): d 7.44 (t, C6H5, 1 H), 7.17 (obscured by solvent,
C6H4, ꢁ1 H), 6.88 (t, C6H4, 1 H), 6.68 (t, C6H4, 1 H), 4.67 (dd,
3. Results and discussion
3.1. Catalysis
Heating benzene-d6 solutions of o-bisphosphinobenzene with
5 mol% of complex 1 resulted in the liberation of hydrogen and for-
mation of several new products and consumption of 1. Over time, a
new phosphorus-containing product emerges, [(C6H4)PPH]2, and
forms in 97% yield based on 31P NMR spectroscopy (Eq (1)). The
product is known and was previously prepared by the catalytiꢀc
dehydrocoupling of o-bisphosphinobenzene by Cp*2Zr(H)3
[17,18]. It is known that in the dehydrocoupling of o-bisphosphino-
benzene reported by Stephan, a high molecular weight product,
[(C6H4)P2]8, is formed [18]. However, extended heating of reaction
mixtures of 1 with the phosphine substrate or of the completed cat-
alytic reaction gave no evidence for theformation of thismacrocycle.
JPH = 221.5 Hz, JPH = 31.6 Hz, PH,
1 H), 4.61 (dd, JPH = 270 Hz,
J = 5.3 Hz, PH2, 2 H), 3.20 (t, CH2, 6 H), 2.28 (t, CH2, 6 H), 0.27 (s,
CH3, 27 H). 13C{1H} (125.8 MHz): d 147.2 (m, C6H4), 143.3 (m,
C6H4), 136.3 (m, C6H4), 132.2 (m, C6H4), 130.2 (s, C6H4), 122.7 (s,
C6H4), 63.2 (s, CH2), 47.6 (s, CH2), 2.2 (s, CH3). 31P (202.46 MHz):
d ꢀ24.1 (dd, JPP = 95 Hz, JPH = 221.5 Hz, PH), ꢀ92.1 (ddt, JPP = 95 Hz,
JPH = 270 Hz, JPH = 32 Hz, PH2). IR (KBr, Nujol): 2918 s, 2849 s, 2722
w (mPH), 2673 w (mPH), 1461 s, 1377 s, 1299 w, 1260 w, 1153 w,
1094 w, 1022 w, 928 w, 803 w, 720 w cmꢀ1. Anal. Calc. for
C21H46N4P2Si3Zr: C, 42.60; H, 7.83; N, 9.46. Found: C, 42.78; H,
7.94; N, 9.46%.
ð1Þ
2.2. Data for phosphine intermediates
2.2.1. [(C6H4)PH2(
1H (500.1 MHz):
JPH = 201.5 Hz, JPH = 15 Hz, PH2,
l
-PH)]2 (4a)
d
6.84–7.35 (m, C6H4,
8 H), 3.99 (dd,
H), 3.43 (dd, JPH = 201 Hz,
4
Likewise, 5 mol% of complex 1 dehydrocoupled 1,2-bisphosphi-
noethane to the highly related, known phosphine, [(C2H4)PPH]2, in
95% yield, with liberation of hydrogen gas (Eq (2)) [18]. In both
JPH = 16 Hz, PH,
2
H). 31P{1H} (202.46 MHz): d, ꢀ120.5 (d,
JPP = 73.5 Hz, JPH = 201.5 Hz, JPH = 15 Hz, PH2), ꢀ123.7 (d,
JPP = 73.3 Hz, JPH = 201 Hz, JPH = 16 Hz, PH). MS (m/z): 282.0.
Table 1
2.2.2. C6H4(PH)2 (4b)
1H (benzene-d6, 500.1 MHz): d 7.11 (obscured, C6H4, ꢁ2 H), 6.63
Crystal and refinement parameters for complex 2.
(m, C6H4,
2 H), 4.34 (d, JPH = 352 Hz, PH, 2
H). 31P{1H}
2
(202.46 MHz): d ꢀ33.5 (s, P H). MS (m/z): 140.0.
Formula
Molecular weight
Crystal system
Color
a (Å)
b (Å)
C21H46N4P2Si3Zr
592.05
monoclinic
yellow
15.958(2)
9.212(1)
21.320(2)
90
100.767(2)
90
3078.9(6)
P21/c
4
1.94–28.28
0.594
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2.3. General conditions for catalytic dehydrocoupling of primary
phosphines
An NMR tube fitted with PTFE stopcock was charged with
10 mol% of 1 (20 mg, 0.022 mmol), the appropriate bisphosphino
reagent (0.22 mmol), and sufficient benzene-d6 to bring the vol-
ume to greater than 0.5 mL. The solution was then heated for 4–
6 weeks at 100 °C in an oil bath, and the progress of the reaction
was monitored by 31P NMR spectroscopy. The initial color of the
solution changed from light yellow and to a gradually darker yel-
low upon heating. During the reaction, the head space of the
NMR tube was evacuated of any H2 gas generated at daily intervals.
The products were identified by comparison to the chemical shifts
in the literature data [18].
c (Å)
a
(°)
b (°)
(°)
c
Unit cell volume (Å3)
Space group
Z
h Range (°)
l
(mmꢀ1
)
N
Nind
Rint
7646
0.0351
0.0271
0.0613
a
R1 (I > 2
r
(I))
(I))
qmin (e Å3)
b
wR2 (I > 2
qmax
r
D
;
D
0.431; ꢀ0.252
2.4. X-ray structure of complex 2
GoF on R1
1.036
a
R1 = ||Fo| ꢀ |Fc||/
R|Fo|.
X-Ray diffraction data were collected on a Bruker APEX 2 CCD
platform diffractometer (Mo Ka, k = 0.71073 Å) at 125 K. A suitable
b
2
wR2 = {
R
[w(Fo ꢀ Fc2)2]/
R .
[w(Fo2)2]}1/2