M. Widhalm et G. Klintschar, SYNTHESIS AND STEREOCHEMISTRY OF CHIRAL MACROCYCLES INCLUDING A 1,2-BIS(PHENYLPHOSPHANYL)BENZENE UNIT, Chemische Berichte, 127(8), 1994, pp. 1411-1426
The synthesis of the four 1,1'-binaphthyl-based macrocyclic bisphospha
ne ligands 6b-e (racemic and optically active) and their square-planar
CiS-P2-MCl2 complexes (M = Ni, Pd) is reported. In three cases isomer
s could be isolated and identified. The absolute and relative stereoch
emistry of all ligands and complexes was established on the basis of t
heir NMR and CD spectra and finally confirmed by X-ray structural dete
rminations of selected ligands and complexes.