Phosphorus-ylides: powerful substituents for the stabilization of reactive main group compounds

A Sarbajna, V Swamy, VH Gessner - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Phosphorus ylides are 1, 2-dipolar compounds with a negative charge on the carbon atom.
This charge is stabilized by the neighbouring onium moiety, but can also be shifted towards …

N-heterocyclic carbenes as bridgehead donors in metal pincer complexes

F He, KP Zois, D Tzeli, AA Danopoulos… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rigid terdentate 'pincer'ligands containing a bridgehead N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
donor attract considerable interest as spectators in transition metal complexes with broad …

Phosphine‐NHC Manganese Hydrogenation Catalyst Exhibiting a Non‐Classical Metal‐Ligand Cooperative H2 Activation Mode

R Buhaibeh, OA Filippov… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Deprotonation of the MnI NHC‐phosphine complex fac‐[MnBr (CO) 3 (κ2P, C‐
Ph2PCH2NHC)](2) under a H2 atmosphere readily gives the hydride fac‐[MnH (CO) 3 (κ2P …

Phosphine-NHC-Phosphonium Ylide Pincer Ligand: Complexation with Pd(II) and Unconventional P-Coordination of the Ylide Moiety

M Ameskal, R Taakili, ES Gulyaeva… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An efficient synthesis of two pincer preligands [Ph2PCH (R) ImCH2CH2CH2PPh3] X2 (R=
H, X= OTf; R= Ph, X= BF4) was developed. Subsequent reactions with PdCl2 and an excess …

Cationic PCP and PCN NHC core pincer-type Mn (I) complexes: from synthesis to catalysis

R Buhaibeh, C Duhayon, DA Valyaev, JB Sortais… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The coordination chemistry of NHC core pincer-type PCP and PCN ligands with a Mn (I)
center was systematically investigated. The reaction of [Mn (CO) 5Br] with free carbenes …

Direct Access to Palladium(II) Complexes Based on Anionic C,C,C-Phosphonium Ylide Core Pincer Ligand

R Taakili, C Barthes, C Lepetit, C Duhayon… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The reaction of readily available imidazolium–phosphonium salt [MesIm (CH2) 3PPh3](OTf)
2 with PdCl2 in the presence of an excess of Cs2CO3 afforded selectively in one step the …

NHC core pincer ligands exhibiting two anionic coordinating extremities

R Taakili, Y Canac - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The chemistry of NHC core pincer ligands of LX2 type bearing two pending arms, identical
or not, whose coordinating center is anionic in nature, is here reviewed. In this family, the …

Carbon‐Phosphorus Ligands with Extreme Donating Character

Y Canac - The Chemical Record, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Carbeniophosphines [R2C+− PR2] and phosphonium ylides [R3P+− CR2−] are two
complementary classes of carbon‐phosphorus based ligands defined by their unique donor …

Carbenes and phosphonium ylides: a fruitful association in coordination chemistry

DA Valyaev, Y Canac - Dalton Transactions, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Among a plethora of σ-donor ligands available, carbon-centered ones have become
essential, in particular with the emergence of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), positioning …

Diverse C-Coordination Modes of NHC-Tricyclohexylphosphonium Ylide Ligands in Palladium(II) Complexes

M El Kadiri, A Chihab, R Taakili, C Duhayon… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thanks to the+ PCy3 substituents which are unlikely to undergo intramolecular C–H
activation, the Pd (II) complex [(C, C, C) PdCl](OTf) having a neutral LX2-type NHC …