1,3-Bis(diphenylphosphino)propane is used as a bidentate ligand in coordination chemistry and form complex dichloro(1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane)nickel by reacting with nickel(II) chloride. This complex is used as a catalyst for Kumada coupling reaction. It also acts as a ligand for palladium(II) catalysts which is useful for the co-polymerization of carbon monoxide and ethylene to get polyketones. Further, it is employed in palladium-catalyzed arylation under Heck reaction and Suzuki reaction. In addition to this, it serves as a catalyst for Negishi coupling and Sonogashira coupling reactions.
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Applications
1,3-Bis(diphenylphosphino)propane is used as a bidentate ligand in coordination chemistry and form complex dichloro(1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane)nickel by reacting with nickel(II) chloride. This complex is used as a catalyst for Kumada coupling reaction. It also acts as a ligand for palladium(II) catalysts which is useful for the co-polymerization of carbon monoxide and ethylene to get polyketones. Further, it is employed in palladium-catalyzed arylation under Heck reaction and Suzuki reaction. In addition to this, it serves as a catalyst for Negishi coupling and Sonogashira coupling reactions.
Solubility
Insoluble in water.
Notes
Air sensitive. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Chelating phosphorus ligand which forms a 1:1 complex with NiCl2, which is an efficient catalyst for the coupling of Grignard reagents with aryl, vinylic or heterocyclic halides: Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 49, 1958 (1976); Tetrahedron, 38, 3347 (1982); Synthesis, 386 (1988).
- Successful Suzuki coupling of arylboronic acids with aryl chlorides bearing electron-withdrawing groups was achieved in the presence of Palladium(II) acetate, 10516, and dppp: Tetrahedron Lett., 38, 5575 (1997).
- Qi, X.; Jiang, L. B.; Li, H. P.; Wu, X. F. A A Convenient Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Suzuki Coupling of Aryl Halides with Formic Acid as the Carbon Monoxide Source. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21 (49), 17650-17656.
- Tsubomura, T.; Kimura, K.; Nishikawa, M.; Tsukuda, T. Structures and photophysical properties of copper(I) complexes bearing diphenylphenanthroline and bis(diphenylphosphino)alkane: the effect of phenyl groups on the phenanthroline ligand. Dalton Trans. 2015, 44 (16), 7554-7562.