The reaction of ( R)-1-[( S)-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenyl]ethyl acetate ( 1) or N,N-dimethyl-( R)-1-[( S)-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenyl]ethylamine ( 2a) with secondary phosphines in acetic acid leads to the diphosphines 5 in moderate to good yields. Two of these ligands, ( R)=1[( S)-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenyl]ethyl-dicyclohexylphosphine ( 5a) and ( R P , R)-1[( S)-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenyl]ethyl-phenyl-(2-methoxyphenyl)phosphine ( 5g), as well as the complexes [Rh( 5a)(NBD)]BF 4·2CH 2Cl 2 ( 9), [Pd(η 3-C 3H 5) ( 5a)]OTf ( 10) and [PtCl 2( 5a)] ( 11), have been characterized by X-ray diffraction. Crystals of 5a, 9, 10 and 11 are orthorhombic, space group P2 12 12 1, with four molecules in the unit cell. 5a: a=10.772(1), b=15.278(1), c=21.069(2) Å; 9: a=18.166(2), b=17.540(2), c=14.564(1); 10: a=10.995(4), b=14.021(8), c=25.410(11) Å; 11: a=15.077(14), b=15.122(16), c=16.188(11) Å. The stereogenic-at-phosphorus derivative 5g crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2 1, with two pairs of symmetry independent molecules per the unit cell with a=7.896(1), b=25.667(2), c=15.654(1) Å and β=92.39(1)°. Very similar conformations of the chelate rings in the complexes 9–11 are observed, this being indicative of the relative rigidity of the ligand 5a.
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