Synthesis and Characterization of New Binuclear Co(0) Complexes with Diphosphinoamine Ligands. A Potential Approach for Asymmetric Pauson−Khand Reactions

Abstract
The synthesis of P−N−P bidentate ligands and the evaluation, based on IR and X-ray data, of their π-acceptor properties in the complexes derived from phenylacetylene-dicobalt hexacarbonyl have been carried out. In addition, the reactivity of these complexes in the Pauson−Khand reaction has been examined.