The structure of [P~C~((~-BU)~PCM~~CH~)]~ has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P 2 J c with a = 7.709 (2) A, b = 15.187 (5) A, c = 13.383 (4) A, / 3 = 105.77 (2)', V = 1507.9 A3, and Z = 2. The structure was refined to R = 0.037 (0.043 for R,) for the 1838 unique reflections with I 1 3.0u(I). Metalation of a tri-tert-butylphosphine ligand has produced a saturated Pd-P-C-C four-atom chelate ring. The coordination about the palladium atom is square planar with the chloride ions cis to each other. Selected metrical details are Pd-P = 2.209 (2) A, Pd-C(u) = 2.052 (8) A, Pd-Cl(trans to P) = 2.429 (2) A, and Pd-Cl(trans to C) = 2.474 (2) A. The bond lengths are discussed in terms of trans influences and strain in the chelate ring. Metalation results in severely distorted Pd-P-C and P-C-C angles. The steric bulk of the tertiary phosphine ligand is described with a "ligand profile"..
IntroductionIntramolecular metalation of aryl-substituted tertiary phosphine ligands to form metal-carbon bonds has been studied extensively in recent yearsS2 The reaction is facilitated by formation of five-and six-membered chelate rings and depends on the steric bulk of the phosphine ligand. In contrast, only a few examples of metalation of purely aliphatic phosphines have been reported.,"Recently, Goel and Clark7-lo reported intramolecular metalations of tri-tert-butylphosphine complexes to form