POLYMER-SUPPORTED 2,2'-DIPYRIDYLMETHANE: SYNTHESIS AND FORMATION OF TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(85)88056-6

The chelating ligand 2,2'-dipyridylmethane can be anchored to styrene-divinylbenzene polymers by reaction of the anion of 2,2'-dipyridylmethanol with chloromethylated or chloroacetylated resins under mild conditions.A number of transition metal complexes of the polymeric ligand have been prepared.Alkenes and alkynes are readily hydrogenated with the Pd(OAc)2 complex of the polymeric ligand as catalyst.