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sign of decomposition under 200 8C in air. They were char-
acterized by 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy and infrared
(IR) spectroscopy. The solid state structures of the palladium
complexes (1–3) were determined through X-ray diffraction
studies. The elemental analysis results matched well with
the expected values.
and larger steric hindrance, which are beneficial factors for
the Suzuki reactions of more challenging aryl chlorides.25,26
Conclusion
In summary, we have synthesized and characterized three
palladium complexes containing 8-quinolylphosphinite li-
gands. The palladium complexes were easy to synthesize
and stable in air. They were investigated in the Suzuki cou-
pling reaction and showed excellent activity towards a deac-
tivated aryl bromide but lower activity towards aryl
chlorides.
Characterization
1
The H NMR spectra of the three palladium complexes
contained chemical shifts for the quinolyl hydrogen around
10.5 ppm. This reflected a downfield shift of 1.5 ppm from
the signal in the reported free ligands.20,21 Other quinolyl
hydrogens showed smaller shifts. The methyl groups in the
isopropyl moieties in complex 2 became nonequivalent, re-
flecting the restriction of rotation of the isopropyl in the pal-
ladium complexes. The 31P signals ranged from 115 to
162 ppm.
Suitable crystals of 1–3 for X-ray analysis were grown
from slow evaporation of solutions of dichloromethane and
hexane. The molecular structures of the complexes were al-
most identical. A representative structure of 1 is shown in
Fig. 2. The structural data of 2 and 3 were included in the
Supplementary data. Selected bond lengths and angles are
listed in Table 1. Crystal data and structure refinement data
are listed in Table 2. The structure of 1 showed a distorted
square-planar geometry around the palladium ion, which
bonded to the quinolylphosphinite P and N atoms as well as
two Cl atoms. The bond angles of N–Pd–Cl(1) and P–Pd–
Cl(2) are 175.58 and 170.88, respectively. The bond lengths
Supplementary data
Supplementary data for this article are available on the
journal Web site (canjchem.nrc.ca) or may be purchased
from the Depository of Unpublished Data, Document Deliv-
ery, CISTI, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON
K1A 0R6, Canada. DUD 5317. For more information on ob-
taining material, refer to cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cms/
unpub_e.shtml. CCDC 743458–743460 contain the X-ray
data in CIF format for seven complexes for this manuscript.
cam.ac.uk/conts/retrieving.html (or from the Cambridge
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CB2 1EZ, UK; fax +44 1223 336033; or deposit@ccdc.
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Acknowledgements
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for Pd–P (2.177 A), Pd–N (2.080 A), and Pd–Cl (2.288 and
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We thank the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canada Foundation for
Innovation (CFI) for financial support.
2.381 A) are comparable to the reported values in related di-
tert-butyl quinolylphosphinite palladium complexes.21 The
Pd–Cl(2) distance trans to the phosphorus is slightly longer
than the Pd–Cl(1) distance trans to the nitrogen atom, sug-
gesting a stronger trans effect of the phosphinite donor.
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