5,6- and 6,6-Membered Palladium(II) Pincer Complexes Based on Functionalized Carboxamides with Ancillary Sulfur and Nitrogen Donors
文摘
New multidentate ligands have been synthesized by the condensation of 2-(methylsulfanyl)benzoyl chloride with a range of amines bearing ancillary N or S donors. In reactions with PdCl2(NCPh)2, the ligands smoothly underwent direct cyclopalladation to give pincer complexes with 5,6- or 6,6-membered fused metallocycles. The oxidation of the sulfide ligands with H2O2 afforded the corresponding sulfoxide derivatives, which readily formed analogous pincer complexes with the PdII ions. The realization of κ3-S,N,X coordination (X = N or S) was confirmed by multinuclear NMR and IR spectroscopic data and, in some cases, X-ray crystallography. An unusual dynamic behavior of the 6,6-membered S,N,S complex with an organophosphorus ligand was additionally studied by the ROESY technique. All of the palladocycles obtained were tested as precatalysts for the Suzuki cross-coupling of aryl bromides with arylboronic acids, which allowed us to evaluate the main structure–activity relationships.