ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Characterization of Binuclear Platinum Group Metal Complexes of Novel Hexadentate Ligands α,α′‐Bis(bis(2‐(diphenylphosphino)ethyl)amino)‐p‐xylene and α,α′‐Bis(bis(2‐(diphenylarsino)ethyl)amino)‐p‐xylene.

Abstract

α,α'‐Dibromo‐p‐xylene reacts with diethanolamine and potassium carbonate in EtOH to give (Ia), which on reaction with excess thionyl chloride gives the organic chloride (Ib), the starting compound for the new title ligands (II).