Synthesis of Cp* CH 2 PPh 2 and its use as a ligand for the nickel-catalysed cross-coupling reaction of alkyl halides with aryl Grignard reagents

M Uemura, H Yorimitsu, K Oshima

Index: Uemura, Minoru; Yorimitsu, Hideki; Oshima, Koichiro Chemical Communications, 2006 , # 45 p. 4726 - 4728

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Abstract

A new ligand, Cp* CH2PPh2 (Cp*= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-pentamethyl-2, 4-cyclopentadienyl), was prepared, and was used as a ligand for nickel-catalysed cross-coupling reaction of alkyl halides with aryl Grignard reagents, which nickel–phosphine complexes had never made possible.