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Bronte J Charette1,2, Jamie S Ritch1,2
1Department of Chemistry, The University of Winnipeg , 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 2N6, Canada.
Abstract:
The synthesis of new bifunctional organoselenium diarylamine compounds RN(4-Me-2-SeMe-C6H3)2 (R = Me: 1; R = tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc): 2; R = H: 3-H) via aryllithium chemistry is disclosed. Compound 1 serves as a Se,Se-bidentate neutral ligand toward Pd(II), forming the coordination complex {PdCl2[MeN(4-Me-2-SeMe-C6H3)2-κ(2)Se)]} (1-Pd) in reaction with [PdCl2(COD)] (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene), while the protio ligand 3-H forms tridentate pincer complexes [MCl(N(4-Me-2-SeMe-C6H3)2)] (M = Pd: 3-Pd; M = Pt: 3-Pt) with [MCl2(COD)] (M = Pd, Pt) in the presence of triethylamine. Complex 1-Pd does not undergo N-C cleavage at high temperature, unlike related alkylphosphine-bearing complexes. All compounds have been characterized by multinuclear ((1)H, (13)C, (77)Se) NMR spectroscopy, and crystal structures of 1, 1-Pd, 3-Pd, and 3-Pt are reported. Additionally, density functional theory calculations have been performed on the pincer complexes to contrast them with well-known analogues containing phosphine donor groups.
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