A phosphino-oxazoline ligand as a P,N-bridge in palladium/cobalt or P,N-chelate in nickel complexes: catalytic ethylene oligomerization

A phosphino-oxazoline ligand as a P,N-bridge in palladium/cobalt or P,N-chelate in nickel complexes: catalytic ethylene oligomerization:

Dalton Trans., 2011, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C1DT11352F, Paper

Shuanming Zhang, Roberto Pattacini, Suyun Jie, Pierre Braunstein
Using a P,N-phosphino-oxazoline ligand, the Pd(II)/Co(II) zwitterionic complex [{PdCl(1)}⁺([small mu ]-1)(CoCl₃)^-] (2) and octahedral Ni(II) complexes were obtained, the latter show reversible solvent-dependent isomerism between all-trans-3 and all-cis-4.

possible Ni precursors for NiFe models