The enantiomeric ligands (R,R)-and (S,S)-bis(o-anisylphenylphosphanyl)methane (R, R-22 and S,S-22) and (R,R)-and (S,S)-bis(phenyl-m-xylylphosphanyl)methane (R,R-23 and S,S-23; dppm*), were treated with [Cu(NCCH 3 ) 4 ](BF 4 ) and AgBF 4 to produce the binuclear complexes [Cu 2 (dppm*) 2 -(NCCH 3 ) 4 ](BF 4 ) 2 or [Ag 2 (dppm*) 2 ](BF 4 ) 2 , respectively. Then, these complexes were used as building blocks to prepare the first P-chirogenic 1D coordination polymers {[M 2 (dppm*) 2 -where M is part of the polymer backbone. In the absence of X-ray structure determination, 1 H NMR, chemical analysis, UV/Vis spectrometry, emission spectroscopy, and photophysical measurements were used to unambiguously demonstrate the isostructural nature of these new polymers with the parent dppm-containing polymers 20 and 21. [14]
Results and DiscussionSyntheses and characterization. The stereoselective syntheses of the (R,R)-and the (S,S)-ligands 22 were performed in several steps using the (+)-or (-)-ephedrine methodology, via formation of the chlorophosphaneborane intermediate 26. [18] The key step of the synthesis is the methano bridge formation from the reaction of the carbanion derived from the methylphosphane-borane 27 with the chlorophosphane-borane 26; see Scheme 6, only the (R,R)-version is shown. [18] Thus, the reaction of the (S)-o-anisylchlorophenylphosphane-borane 26 with the MeLi reagent affords the corresponding (R)-methylphosphane-borane 27 with inversion of configuration at the P-centre. After deprotonation of the methylphosphane-borane 27 with nBuLi, reaction with the Scheme 5. Scheme 6.