Selective Ethylene Dimerization by Palladium(II) Complexes Bearing a Phosphinoferrocene Sulfonate Ligand
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Palladium(II) complexes featuring the hybrid anionic ligand 1′-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene-1-sulfonate (L–), viz., trans-(Et3NH)2[Pd(μ-Cl)Me(L-κP)]2 (1), [Pd(Me)(dmap-κN1)(L-κ2O,P)](2; dmap = 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine), and [Pd(η3-allyl)(L-κ2O,P)] (6), were synthesized and together with the previously reported compounds trans-(Et3NH)2[PdCl2(L-κP)2] and [Pd(LCY)(L-κ2O,P)] (LCY = 2-[(dimethylamino-κN)methyl]phenyl-κC1 and 2-[(methylthio-κS)methyl]phenyl-κC1) tested as precatalysts for Pd-catalyzed ethylene dimerization. Only compound 1 gave rise to an active catalyst after activation by sequential halogen removal with Tl[PF6] and Na[BAr′4] (Ar′ = 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl) in chloroform. Thus, the formed catalyst efficiently mediated the dimerization of ethylene showing both good activity (TOF ≈ 95 h–1) and high selectivity for 1-butene (95%) at 21 °C and 30 bar of ethylene pressure. DFT calculations have shown that the dimerization reaction is thermodynamically preferred over the formation of higher oligomers and that O,P-chelate coordination of the phosphinosulfonate ligand in all Pd(II) reaction intermediates is vital for the catalytic process. In particular, the O,P-chelating phosphinoferrocene sulfonate ligand stabilizes and electronically differentiates the reaction intermediates and favors concerted ethyl migration to coordinated ethylene giving rise to 1-butene.
