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beneficial than 4-chlorobenzaldehyde for the coupling
reaction under the same conditions.
of triethylamine (3 mL, 20 mmol) and [PPh2(CH2OH)2]Cl
(2.8 g, 10 mmol) in mixture solvent of 10 mL ethanol and
20 mL toluene. The solution was refluxed for 40 h. At the
end of reaction, the mixture was cooled to room tempera-
ture, and the product was washed with water (3 9 10 mL),
then dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. Subse-
quently, the solvent was removed under vacuum and the
resulting crude product was refluxed in 30 mL ethanol for
2 h. The solution was slowly cooled to room temperature.
The pale yellow product was filtered, washed with ethanol
(3 9 5 mL) and dried under vacuum. Yield: 1.48 g (82 %).
We tried to determine the limitation of the catalyst
loading. The very activated substrate 2-chloro-5-(trifluo-
romethyl)nitrobenzene could be coupled with phenylbo-
ronic acid with a Pd loading as low as 0.0001 mol%. After
60 h, 41 % conversion was detected (Table 3, entry 21).
When the reaction time extended to 200 h, the desired
biaryls was given with a high TON of 680,000 (Table 3,
entry 23), and the yield did not increase any more even
when the reaction time was further prolonged. The results
indicated that the Pd/L3 catalyst system exhibits a good
longevity even at a high temperature, which is probably
attributed to the tetraphosphine L3 providing the active
palladium species with good stabilization. It is also dem-
onstrated that multidentate ligand had advantages for the
exploration of low loading catalyst systems.
1
31P NMR (162 MHz, CDCl3): d -26.88 ppm. H NMR
(400 MHz, DMSO): d 7.36–7.27 (m, 40H, PPH2), 6.89 (t,
J = 8.0 Hz, 1H, PH5), 6.29 (s, 1H, PH2), 6.21 (d, J =
2
8.0 Hz, 2H, PH4,6), 3.87 (d, JPH = 4.0 Hz, 8H, NCH2).
13C NMR (101 MHz, CDCl3): 148.17 (s, C61;3H4N2),
136.64 (d, 1JCP = -16.2 Hz, PC61H5), 132.23 (s, C65H4N2),
132.22 (d, JCP = 20.2 Hz, PC62;6H5), 128.20 (s, PC64H5),
2
127.36 (d, 3JCP = 22.2 Hz, PC63;5H5), 104.37 (s, C64;6H4N2),
3 Conclusion
1
101.67 (s, C62H4N2), 53.21 (d, JCP = -7.1 Hz, NCH2P).
HRMS (ESI) Calcd. for C58H52N2P4: 900.3081 [M]?, found:
In conclusion, we synthesized a simple and air-stable tet-
raphosphine N,N,N0,N0-tetra- (diphenylphosphinomethyl)-
benzene-1,3-diamine (L3) in two steps from PPh3, and a
catalyst system comprised of [Pd(g3-C3H5)Cl]2/L3 for the
Suzuki cross-coupling of aryl chlorides has been estab-
lished. Even at high temperature of 130 °C, this tetra-
phosphine could efficiently stabilize the active palladium
species over a long time. From the comparative investi-
gation, this catalyst is more stable than the complexes
formed with electronically similar mono- or diphosphines.
The couplings of electron-deficient chloroarenes can be
performed with 0.01–0.1 mol% catalyst, and a high TON
of 680,000 is obtained for the reaction of the very activated
substrate. Unfortunately, this Pd/tetraphosphine system is
unfavorable for electron-rich aryl chloride. Further work to
improve the structure of the ligand is in progress.
900.3076.
4.2 General Procedure of Suzuki Coupling Reactions
Tetraphosphine L3 (9.0 mg, 0.01 mmol) and [Pd(g3-C3H5)
Cl]2 (1.8 mg, 0.005 mmol) were added into a Schlenk tube
equipped with a magnetic bar, and then DMAc (1.0 mL)
was added. The mixture was stirred at room temperature
for 1.5 h. 4-Chloroacetophenone (130 lL, 1.0 mmol),
phenylboronic acid (183 mg, 1.5 mmol) and K3PO4
(531 mg, 2.5 mmol) were added into another Schlenk tube
with a magnetic bar. The dissolved mixture of L3/Pd
(100 lL, 0.001 mmol) was transferred to the Schlenk tube
of reactants by syringe. Then, DMAc (2 mL) was added.
The reaction mixture was heated at 130 °C for 20 h. At the
end of the reaction, the solution was cooled to room tem-
perature and water (5 mL) was added. The mixture solution
was extracted with ethyl acetate (3 9 5 mL) and the
organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate. The dried
solution was filtered and reduced to ca 1–2 mL under
vacuum, then purified with silica gel chromatography to
give the corresponding product with an isolated yield.
4 Experimental
Reactions were carried out under a nitrogen atmosphere.
All chemicals were purchased from commercial suppliers.
Solvents were dried over appropriate drying agents and
distilled under nitrogen before use.
Acknowledgments This work was supported by the National Nat-
ural Science Foundation of China (No. 21202104).
4.1 Synthesis of N,N,N0,N0-
tetra(diphenylphosphinomethyl)-benzene-1,3-
diamine (L3)
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[Ph2P(CH2OH)2]Cl was prepared according to the reported
methods with a yield of 89 % [44]. m-Phenyldiamine
(216 mg, 2 mmol) in 10 mL ethanol was added to excess
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