Bfm. Kimmich et al., SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BORON-CONTAINING FERROCENYL LIGANDSFOR ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS, Organometallics, 15(20), 1996, pp. 4141-4146
Novel boronato-functionalized ferrocenylphosphine ligands 3a-c have be
en synthesized from o)-2-[1((1-hydroxy-2-phenyl)amino)ethyl]-ferrocene
(2). These ligands form stable ligand-metal adducts with Rh(I) comple
xes that are catalytically active in hydrogenation and hydroformylatio
n reactions. The square-planar metal complex Pt(2)Me)I exhibits a stru
cture that appears well-suited to support secondary interactions betwe
en the Lewis acidic boron functionality and Lewis basic sites of funct
ionalized, coordinated alkenes.