“…Other commercially obtained chemical reagents like Cs 2 CO 3 , anhydrous diethyl ether, CH 3 CN, CH 3 OH, dry toluene, Pd(OAc) 2 , 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (dppf), ethyl-phenylphosphinate, diphenylphosphine oxide, and 2,9-dichloro-1,10-phenanthroline for the synthesis experiments are all analytical grade. Ph 2 -BPPhen was synthesized using a palladium-catalyzed C–P cross-coupling reaction between 2,9-dichloro-1,10-phenanthroline and diphenylphosphine oxide according to the reported procedures. , Ph 2 -BPPhen, 1 H NMR (500 MHz, CD 3 OD/CDCl 3 (10/3, v/v), 295 K): δ = 7.30 ppm (m, 8H, −Ar– H ), 7.51 ppm (t, 4H, −Ar– H ), 7.95 ppm (m, 8H, −Ar– H ), 8.07 ppm (s, 2H, −Phen– H ), 8.59 ppm (dd, 2H, −Phen- H ); 8.64 ppm (dd, 2H, −Phen– H ); 31 P NMR (121 MHz, CD 3 OD/CDCl 3 (10/3, v/v), 295 K): δ = 22.55 ppm (s, 1P).…”