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drawing capability of the substituents on the phenyl
groups in 1a -d . Finally, insertion of internal alkynes
does not occur under similar conditions, apparently as
a consequence of the steric hindrance of the dangling
phosphine moiety.
In summary, we have discovered an unprecedented
apparent insertion of alkynes into the Pd-phosphine
bond to result in the first examples of palladium alkenyl
phosphorus ylides. The formation of thermodynamically
stable alkenyl phosphorus ylides could present a poten-
tial catalyst deactivation pathway for palladium-
catalyzed organic transformations using unsaturated
hydrocarbons.
Exp er im en ta l Section
All reactions were performed under an argon atmosphere
using standard Schlenk techniques. 1,4-Dioxane and 1,2-
dichloroethane were dried over molecular sieve (4 Å). (p-
(dimethylamino)phenyl)acetylene,8 (p-nitrophenyl)acetylene,8
and (dppm)PdCl2 were prepared according to literature pro-
cedures. The IR spectra were recorded as Nujol mulls on a
be attributed to the different electronegativity of pal-
ladium vs rhenium.
1
Paragon 1000 FT-IR spectrometer. H, 13C{1H}, and 13P{1H}
NMR spectra were taken on a Varian Unity 400 Plus spec-
trometer at 399.7, 100.5, and 161.8 MHz, respectively. El-
emental analyses were done at the Microanalytical Laboratory
of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Insertion of in situ generated carbenes into metal-
phosphine bonds represents an important pathway for
the synthesis of metal-bound phosphorus ylides.12 How-
ever, the insertion of an alkyne molecule into the Pd-
phosphine bond is unprecedented.13 We speculate that
compounds 1a -d may have formed via the nucleophilic
attack on the palladium-coordinated alkynes by the
dangling phosphine moiety of the dppm ligand (Scheme
1). Several lines of evidence support this nucleophilic
attack pathway. First, the insertion reaction critically
depends on the coordinating capability of the solvent.
When only a noncoordinating polar solvent such as 1,2-
dichloroethane or chlorobenzene is used, no reaction is
observed. The strongly coordinating solvent p-dioxane
is needed to generate intermediates 2 and 3. Second,
the insertion reaction only occurred when (dppm)PdCl2
was used. When (dppe)PdCl2 (dppe represents 1,2-bis-
(diphenylphosphino)ethane) was used, no reaction was
observed. The large strain in the four-membered chelate
ring presumably facilitates the formation of intermedi-
ates 2 and 3. Third, the PdII center renders the
coordinated alkynes in 3 susceptible to nucleophilic
attack by the dangling phosphine. For example, PdII-
promoted ethylene oxidation is a key step in the Wacker
process, which converts ethylene into acetaldehyde.1
Moreover, nucleophilic attack of phosphines on coordi-
nated alkynes has been used to synthesize alkenyl
phosphorus ylides of manganese and is proposed to be
the pathway for the formation of alkenyl phosphorus
ylides of rhenium. Although we have not yet carried out
kinetic studies with different alkynes, the isolated yields
for 1a -d are consistent with the proposed mechanism.
The isolated yield under comparable conditions in-
creases in the order 1c < 1b < 1a < 1d ; this order of
isolated yields correlates well with the electron-with-
Syn th esis of 1a . Pd(dppm)Cl2 (250 mg, 0.46 mmol) and
phenylacetylene (70 mg, 0.69 mmol) were dissolved in a
mixture of dry 1,4-dioxane (10 mL) and 1,2-dichloroethane (10
mL) under argon. The solution was heated with stirring at
110 °C for 90 h and evaporated in vacuo to leave a pale orange
solid. The solid was purified by column chromatography (SiO2,
CHCl3/MeOH, 6/1) to afford 150 mg (49%) of pure 1a as a
bright orange solid. Mp: 218-220 °C. 1H NMR (CDCl3): δ
2
8.61-6.98 (25 H, aromatic H), 5.88 (dd, 1H, J H-P ) 47.7 Hz,
2
4J H-P ) 10.3 Hz), 3.69 (dd, 2H, J H-P ) 17.1 Hz). 13C NMR
(CDCl3): δ 134.1, 133.9, 133.6, 133.4, 130.8, 129.9, 129.5, 128.4,
128.3, 128.1, 127.5, 121.9, 121.0, 102.9, 101.9, 22.1. 31P{1H}
2
2
NMR (CDCl3): δ 50.1 (d, J P-P ) 40.3 Hz), 47.1 (d, J P-P
)
40.3 Hz). IR (Nujol, cm-1): 3050.4, 1508.1, 1481.0, 1435.9,
1111.1, 739.2, 689.7. Anal. Calcd for C33H28Cl2P2Pd‚0.5CH2-
Cl2: C, 57.0; H, 4.11. Found: C, 56.5; H, 4.16.
Syn th esis of 1b. A mixture of (dppm)PdCl2 (100 mg, 0.18
mmol) and 1-undecyne (100 mg, 0.72 mmol) in dry 1,4-dioxane
(10 mL) and 1,2-dichloroethane (10 mL) was heated with
stirring at 110 °C for 100 h and evaporated in vacuo to leave
a pale orange solid. The solid was purified by column chro-
matography (SiO2, CHCl3/MeOH, 15/1) to afford 60 mg (48%)
1
of pure 1b as a pale orange solid. Mp: 195-200 °C. H NMR
2
(CDCl3): δ 8.29-7.02 (20 H, aromatic H), 5.54 (dd, 1H, J
H-P
4
2
) 50.7, 1H, J
) 11.6 Hz), 4.45 (dd, 2H, J H-P ) 22.6 Hz),
H-P
3.43 (s, 2H), 1.61-1.59 (m, 2H), 1.37-1.10 (m, 9H), 0.92 (t,
3H, J ) 14.1 Hz). 13C NMR (CDCl3): δ 134.3, 133.6, 133.4,
133.3, 131.0, 130.2, 130.0, 128.6, 128.5, 31.9, 29.7, 29.5, 29.4,
29.3, 22.7. 31P{1H} NMR (CDCl3): δ 51.7 (d, 2J P-P ) 44.5 Hz),
2
47.7 (d, J P-P ) 44.5 Hz). IR (Nujol, cm-1): 3050.9, 2916.0,
2843.4, 1518.9, 1430.7, 1098.6, 787.3, 735.4, 683.5, 507.1. Anal.
Calcd for C36H42Cl2P2Pd‚CH2Cl2: C, 55.6; H, 5.51. Found: C,
56.0; H, 5.99.
Syn th esis of 1c. (dppm)PdCl2 (100 mg, 0.18 mmol) and
4-ethynyl-N,N-dimethylaniline (40 mg, 0.27 mmol) were dis-
solved in a mixture of dry 1,4-dioxane (10 mL) and 1,2-
dichloroethane (10 mL) under argon. The solution was heated
with stirring at 105 °C for 72 h and evaporated in vacuo to
leave a brown solid. The solid was purified by column chro-
matography (SiO2, CHCl3/MeOH, 11/1) to afford orange 1c.
Yield: 40 mg (31%). Mp: 229-232 °C. 1H NMR (CD2Cl2): δ
(12) (a) Alcock, N. W.; Pringle, P. G.; Bergamini, P.; Sostero, S.;
Traverso, O. J . Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1990, 1553-1556. (b) Gong,
J . K.; Peters, T. B.; Fanwick, P. E.; Kubiak, C. P. Organometallics 1992,
11, 1392-1394. (c) Moss, J . R.; Spiers, J . C. J . Organomet. Chem. 1979,
182, C20-C24.
(13) The insertions of alkynes into M-PR2 and M-P(O)R2 bonds
are well-established. See: (a) Han, L.-B.; Choi, N.; Tanaka, M.
Organometallics 1996, 15, 3259-3261. (b) Han, L.-B.; Hua, R.; Tanaka,
M. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1998, 37, 94-96.
7.83 (d, 2H, J ) 8.9 Hz), 7.73-7.24 (20 H, aromatic H), 6.56
2
(d, 2H, J ) 8.9 Hz), 5.76 (dd, 1H, J H-P ) 49.5 Hz, 4J
)
H-P