W
e r
eport th
e X-ray diffraction structur
e and th
ermal r
eactivity of th
e m
etallo
en
ediyn
e compoundbis(1,2-bis(diph
enylphosphino
ethynyl)b
enz
en
e)palladium(0) (Pd(dpp
eb)
2,
1). Th
e structur
e of
1 f
eatur
es at
etrah
edral Pd(0) c
ent
er with four phosphorus atoms from two ch
elating ligands. Th
e P-Pd-P bond angl
esn
early match th
e id
ealiz
ed 109.5
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es/
entiti
es/d
eg.gif"> g
eom
etry
exp
ect
ed for a d
10 m
etal c
ent
er in a t
etrah
edral ligand fi
eld. Th
et
etrah
edral g
eom
etry of th
e m
etal c
ent
er forc
es th
e alkyn
e t
ermini s
eparation of th
e en
ediyn
e ligand to a distanc
eof 3.47 Å, which r
esults in a th
ermally stabl
e compound at room t
emp
eratur
e. How
ev
er, at 115
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es/
entiti
es/d
eg.gif">C
1 exhibitssolv
ent-d
ep
end
ent r
eactivity. In
o-fluorotolu
en
e,
1 d
ecompos
es via ligand dissociation, whil
e in
o-dichlorob
enz
en
e, carbon-halid
e bond activation of solv
ent occurs l
eading to th
e oxidativ
e addition product
trans-Pd((2-chloroph
enyl)diph
enylphosphin
e)
2Cl
2 and fr
ee (2-chloroph
enyl)diph
enylphosphin
e. Th
e th
ermalr
eactivity of
1 is mark
edly mor
e endoth
ermic (44 kcal/mol) than that of th
e known Pd(dpp
eb)Cl
2 analogu
e(12.3 kcal/mol). Th
e diminish
ed r
eactivity can b
e attribut
ed to two factors: th
e incr
eas
ed alkyn
e t
erminis
eparation in
1 (3.47 vs 3.3 Å) du
e to th
e m
etal-mandat
ed t
etrah
edral g
eom
etry of th
e Pd(0) c
ent
er, and th
er
esistanc
e of th
e Pd(0) to adopting a planar transition stat
e g
eom
etry to promot
e B
ergman cyclization. Ov
erallthis study d
emonstrat
es that m
etal binding can impos
e structural cons
equ
enc
es upon th
e en
ediyn
e ligand gov
ern
edby th
e oxidation stat
e and corr
esponding ligand fi
eld g
eom
etry of th
e m
etal c
ent
er.