The reaction of P,N-ligated dimethylpalladium(II) complexes
[Pd(Me)2(P∼N)] [P∼N =
o-(diphenylphosphino)-N,N-dimethylbenzylamine
(PCN),
(diphenylphosphino)-N,N-dimethylethyleneamine (PN)] with an equimolar amount of
HOCH(CF3)2 or
HOC6H4-4-X (X = H,
Cl, OMe, Me, CN, NO2, OH) affords methylpalladium(II)
alkoxide and aryl oxide complexes
[Pd(Me)(OR)(P∼N)] [R =
CH(CF3)2,
C6H4-4-X; P∼N = PCN, PN], which have been
isolated
in high yields as white or pale orange solids. NMR spectroscopic
data indicate that the
complexes have the alkoxide or aryl oxide ligand (OR) positioned trans
with respect to the
P-atom. Reaction of [Pd(Me)2(PCN)] with 2
equiv of phenol affords the phenol adduct [Pd(Me)(OC6H5)(PCN)]·HOC6H5,
which has been isolated as a white solid. The
transesterification reaction of
[Pd(Me)(OC6H5)(PCN)] with
C6H5SC(O)Me affords the
arenethiolate
complex [Pd(Me)(SC6H5)(PCN)].
Furthermore, the alkoxide complex
[Pd(Me)(OCH(CF3)2)(PN)] reacts with phenylacetylene to afford an isolable
alkynylpalladium(II) complex [Pd(Me)(C⋮CPh)(PN)]. Thermolysis of the latter complex
results in reductive elimination of
MeC⋮CPh in 98% yield. When this reductive elimination is
performed under a CO
atmosphere, MeC⋮CPh (87%) is formed together with small amounts of
the insertion product,
MeC(O)C⋮CPh (3%). Crystals of
[Pd(Me)(OC6H5)(PCN)]·CH2Cl2
and its adduct with HOC6H5
have been subjected to X-ray diffraction studies. The molecular
structure of the latter adduct
shows an OH···O hydrogen bond between the phenol and the
oxygen atom of the phenoxide
unit. The 31P NMR chemical shift and
3
J
H,P for the PdCH3
group of the complexes [Pd(Me)(OC6H4-4-X)(PN)] have been
correlated with various Hammet substituent constants;
the best linearity was achieved with parameters that represent the sum
of resonance and
inductive/field effects of the substituent X.