10.1021/ic2027169
This study focuses on the synthesis and characterization of highly hindered phosphine ligands and their ruthenium(II) chloride complexes. The aim is to explore the effect of increasing steric bulk on multidentate phosphines by synthesizing and characterizing new ligands and their complexes. The key chemicals used include P(CH2CH2PtBu2)3 (P2P3 tBu), PhP(CH2CH2PtBu2)2 (PhP2P2 tBu), and P(CH2CH2CH2PtBu2)3 (P3P3 tBu), as well as ruthenium(II) chloride. Di(tert-butyl)phosphine is the reactant used in the synthesis of the phosphine ligands. Trivinylphosphine is the reactant used in the synthesis of P2P3 tBu. Diethoxyphenylphosphine is the reactant used in the synthesis of divinylphenylphosphine. The study concludes that these macromolecular ligands are the most sterically hindered of the PP3-type ligands synthesized to date, and they can only bind to ruthenium through three of the four phosphine donors, leaving one as a free cantilever. Solid-state NMR analysis shows that the structure of RuCl2(P2P3 tBu) is similar to that of RuCl2(PhP2P2 tBu), which has been structurally characterized.