A β-diketimine ligand with vinylidene substitution at γ-carbon, CH2C(CH3CNAr)2 (Ar = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) (L2), was synthesized by treating β-diketimine H2C(CH3CNAr)2 with n-BuLi followed by paraformaldehyde. L2 formed the homobimetallic ether-bridged β-diketiminate complex [O{(CH2-β-diketiminate)Pd(OAc)}2]… Click to show full abstract
A β-diketimine ligand with vinylidene substitution at γ-carbon, CH2C(CH3CNAr)2 (Ar = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) (L2), was synthesized by treating β-diketimine H2C(CH3CNAr)2 with n-BuLi followed by paraformaldehyde. L2 formed the homobimetallic ether-bridged β-diketiminate complex [O{(CH2-β-diketiminate)Pd(OAc)}2] (1) with (PdOAc)2. It also gave complexes [L2PdCl2] (2) and [L2NiBr2] (3) when treated with PdCl2(CH3CN)2 and NiBr2(dimethoxyethane), respectively. All the compounds were characterized using 1H/13C NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The catalytic activity of Pd and Ni complexes 1, 2 and 3 was explored in Heck coupling and alkyne trimerization reactions and it was found that they are very good catalysts. The results are reported in detail.
               
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