New potentially tridentate ferrocenylphosphines have been prepared by
the lithiation of diphenylphosphinoferrocene (dppf) followed by reacti
on of the dilithiated products with chlorodiphenylphosphine. The react
ion of the new ligands with Pd(COD)Cl2 has been studied using P-31 NMR
to determine the preferential bidentate coordination modes.