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New Phosphorus Ligands in Catalysis
Principal Investigator:
This work is performed in collaboration with Prof. Dake. We have developed a new class of P,N ligand where both phosphorus and nitrogen are sp2 hybrid. Such low-coordinate phosphorus compounds are attractive because their unique π-acceptor properties impart desirable characteristics to electron-rich transition metal centers. We have shown that palladium(II) complexes containing these new ligands are effective catalysts for the Overman-Claisen rearrangement of rearrangement of allyl trichloroacetimidates to branched amides