N,N-Bis(diphenylphosphanyl)cyclobutanamine

Abstract

In the title compound, C28H27NP2, the N atom adopts an almost planar geometry with the two P atoms and the C atom attached to it, with a distance of 0.066 (2) Å between the N atom and the C/P/P plane. The distorted trigonal–pyramidal geometry of the N atom is further illustrated by bond angles ranging between 115.22 (11) and 123.53 (8)°. Bond angles varying from 99.99 (9) to 108.07 (9) ° are indicative of the distorted pyramidal environment around the P atoms. An intra­molecular C—H⋯P hydrogen bond occurs. In the crystal, inter­molecular C—H⋯π inter­actions link the mol­ecules into a supra­molecular network.

Crystal structure of N,N-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)cyclohexylamine, C30H31NP2

“…The modular structure of the ligands enables "tuning" of the catalyst activity and selectivity through systematic variation of the donor atoms, their substituents, and the ligand backbone framework. There are numerous examples of crystal structures of such PNP-pincer ligands [1][2][3][4][5][6] and metal complexes [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. Diphosphinoamine (PNP) and other P donor ligands [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] with various substituents on both the P and N atoms have been applied to several catalytic reactions such as methoxycarbonylation [17], metathesis [18], hydroformylation [19] and C-H activation [24].…”