The new, multifunctional, hemilabilephosphorus-bis(nitrogen) ligand
N-(2-(diphenylphosphino)benzylidene)(2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl)amine, PNN,containing phosphine, imine, and pyridyldonor groups and alkyl-, allyl-, and acylpalladium complexes,methylplatinum complexes,and a zerovalent palladium complex containing PNN have been synthesizedand characterized with
1H-,
13C-,
31P-, and
15N-NMR. PNN commonly coordinates in a terdentatefashion,resulting in ionic complexes of the type[(PNN)M
II(R)]Y (M = Pd, Pt, R = CH
3,Y = Cl,CF
3SO
3; M = Pd, R =C(O)CH
3, Y = CF
3SO
3; M =Pd, R =
1-CH
2C(H)=CH
2, Y =Cl, CF
3SO
3). Bidentate coordination of PNN is observed for[(PNN)Pd
II(
3-(CH
3)
2CC(CH
3)C(CH
3)
2)]Cl and surprisingly also for neutral(PNN)Pd
II(C(O)CH
3)(Cl).An unprecedented zerovalentpalladium complex (PNN)Pd
0 has been isolated, which isstabilized by PNN only. Preliminaryresults show that palladium complexes of PNN are very active in allylicalkylation reactions.