Functionalized Organometallic Ligand (1) Synthesis of Some Ferrocene Derivatives of Cyclohexyl- and Cyclopentadienyl-phosphines

A series of new ferrocene derivatives containing cyclohexylphosphines have been prepared from the reactions of lithioferrocenes with corresponding chlorodicyclohexylphosphines. 1-diphenylphosphino-1'-dicyclohexylphosphinoferro cene has been prepared from [1]-ferrocenophane via a ring cleavage reaction. Chiral ferrocenylaminophosphines incorporating cyclohexyl-and cyclopentadienylphosphines have also been prepared from the chiral template 2-N,N-dimethylaminoethylferrocene (FA) via stereoselective lithiation followed by phosphination with corresponding $R_2PCl$(R= $C_6H_{11}$, $C_5H_5$). The synthesis of cyclopentadienylphosphine derivative of (R)-FA (6b) led to the formation of a mixture of four diastereomers due to the presence of three chiral sources in the final product in addition to the fluxional behavior of the $η^1$-$C_5H_5$ group attached to the phosphorus. All these new compounds have been characterized by analytical and spectroscopic techniques.