Repositori URV

Identifier: TDX:867

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX867

Authors:
García Suárez, Eduardo José

Abstract:
The interest in the palladium(II)-catalysed copolymerisation reaction of carbon monoxide and ethene as well as other reactions involving the formation of the C-C bond is increasing because of the possibilities of application in synthesis of new products and materials. This interest is reflected in the large number of reports published in recent years.Since catalyst degradation to inactive species, is the major cause of the low productivity, considerable research effort is being made to design diphosphine ligands that can prevent them from degrading. Many papers have shown that the introduction of an o-methoxy substituent on the P-aryl rings of the diphosphine enhances the productivity in comparison with the unsubstituted ligands. It has been suggested that both steric and electronic factors are responsible for the positive effect of the o-methoxy groups on catalyst activity.This thesis focuses on elucidating the effect of the o-methoxy group introduced on the P-aryl rings of the diphosphine ligands in the copolymerization reaction of carbon monoxide and ethene from a catalytic and a mechanistic point of view.In the second part, the thesis focuses on the synthesis of new phosphine sulfonated ligands for the less well known reaction of non-alternating copolymerisation of CO and ethene and the applications of the later ligands in the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction in aqueous media.To achieve these objectives, new ligands and neutral, cationic as well as anionic palladium complexes have been synthesised. New alternative synthetic protocols have been developed to: 1) introduce the -OMe group on the P-aryl rings of known and new diphosphine ligands, 2) synthesise new phosphine sulfonated ligands.Catalytic reactions are carried out in different media as well as high pr