Pincer complexes play an important role in organometallic chemistry; in particular, their use as homogeneous catalysts for organic transformations has increased dramatically in recent years. The high catalytic activity of such bis-cyclometallic complexes is associated with the easy tunability of their properties. Moreover, the phosphorus-based unsymmetrical pincers showed higher catalytic activity than the corresponding symmetrical analogues in several catalytic reactions. However, in modern literature, an increasing interest in the development of catalysts based on non-precious metals is observed. For example, nickel, which is an affordable and sustainable analogue of platinum and palladium, known for its low toxicity, has attracted increasing attention in the catalytic chemistry of transition metals in recent years. Thus, this mini-review is devoted to the recent advances in the chemistry of unsymmetrical phosphorus-based pincer nickel complexes, including the ligand design, the synthesis of nickel complexes and their catalytic applications.
Synthesised N-(phenyl)-, N-(pyrazin-2-yl)-, N-(pyridine-3-yl)-, N-(2,5-dimethoxycarbonylphenyl)-, N-(2-methoxycarbonylphenyl)- and newly obtained the so far unknown N-(2-carboxylphenyl)-, N-(pyridine-4-yl)-α-diphenylphosphinoglycines, as well as N-(pyrazin-2-yl)- and N-(2-methoxycarbonylphenyl)-α-mesityl(phenyl)phosphinoglycines were tested as ligands in nickel-catalysed homogeneous ethylene oligomerization....
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