Highly active, chemo- and regioselective Yb(II) and Sm(II) catalysts for the hydrophosphination of styrene with phenylphosphine

Ivan V Basalov; Vincent Dorcet; Georgy K Fukin; Jean-François Carpentier; Yann Sarazin; Alexander A Trifonov

doi:10.1002/chem.201500380

Highly active, chemo- and regioselective Yb(II) and Sm(II) catalysts for the hydrophosphination of styrene with phenylphosphine

Chemistry. 2015 Apr 13;21(16):6033-6. doi: 10.1002/chem.201500380. Epub 2015 Mar 11.

Authors

Ivan V Basalov¹, Vincent Dorcet, Georgy K Fukin, Jean-François Carpentier, Yann Sarazin, Alexander A Trifonov

Affiliation

¹ G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences, Tropinina 49, GSP-445, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod (Russia); Nizhny Novgorod State University, Gagarin av. 23, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod (Russia).

PMID: 25760678
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500380

Abstract

Stable heteroleptic amido Yb(II) and Sm(II) complexes bearing aminoether-phenolate ligands and devoid of coordinated solvent have been structurally characterized. They afford highly active, chemoselective and, in the case of monoadditions, 100 % anti-Markovnikov regiospecific catalysts (down to 0.04 mol % loading) for the hydrophosphination of styrene with PhPH2 under mild conditions.

Keywords: homogeneous catalysis; hydrophosphination; ligand design; samarium; ytterbium.