Scientific article
OA Policy
English

Pillar[n]arene-based phosphine ligands: synthesis, coordination chemistry and application in selective Au(I) catalysis

Published inOrganic chemistry frontiers, vol. 13, no. 17, p. 5887-5897
First online date2026
Abstract

We report a divergent and modular synthetic strategy for the functionalization of pillar[n ]arenes, enabling the synthesis of a comprehensive library of 17 mono- and bisphosphine ligands. By leveraging a Pd-catalyzed phosphinylation of A1/A2-ditriflate-pillararenes, we demonstrate that precise stoichiometric control permits the isolation of bifunctional phosphine-triflate intermediates. These scaffolds serve as versatile pivotal intermediates for the construction of rim-differentiated bisphosphines and hybrid aryl-phosphine derivatives via sequential Pd-catalyzed cross-couplings. Coordination studies with gold(i) precursors, supported by X-ray crystallography, reveal a certain degree of conformational plasticity inherent to the macrocyclic backbone. The catalytic utility of these macromolecular ligands was validated in the gold(i)-catalyzed cycloisomerization of 1,6-enynes, where several derivatives exhibited excellent levels of regioselectivity.

UNIGE research groups
Citation (ISO format)
KONTER, Antoine et al. Pillar[n]arene-based phosphine ligands: synthesis, coordination chemistry and application in selective Au(I) catalysis. In: Organic chemistry frontiers, 2026, vol. 13, n° 17, p. 5887–5897. doi: 10.1039/d6qo00815a
Main files (1)
Article (Published version)
Secondary files (1)
Supplemental data
Identifiers
Journal ISSN2052-4110
3views
2downloads

Technical informations

Creation08/10/2026 06:12:48
First validation16/10/2026 08:31:36
Update16/10/2026 08:31:36
Status update16/10/2026 08:31:36
Last indexation16/10/2026 08:31:37
All rights reserved by Archive ouverte UNIGE and the University of GenevaunigeBlack
Open AIRE Indexed & Validated