Towards the synthesis of a fluorinated diphosphine compound for the study of C-F activation

Abstract: The Wendt group at LU has recently developed a new class of sp3 pincer type ligands through the selective C-H bond activation which introduced a rare example of PC(sp3)P pincer Pd(II) complex. In the present study, we aim to obtain insight into the selective cleavage of the sp3 C-F bond by insertion of iridium metal. We are particularly interested in performing this reactivity on a gem-diflouro, syn-diphosphine structure for studying sp3 C-F bond activation to generate an entirely new class of coordination compounds.