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The successful application of Tppts, and its derivatives, in biphasic transition metal-catalysed reactions opened up a new field of chemistry requiring a rational design of water-soluble ligands. The main objective of the research described in this dissertation was the preparation and the application of new water-soluble phosphine ligands. The ligands were prepared by the use of carbon nucleophiles and chlorophenylphosphine derivatives. The carbon nucleophiles included malonate derivates, which were subsequently reduced to the di-alcohols and were transformed into water-soluble phosphines by the reaction with 1,4-butanesultone. Secondary and tertiary malonate nucleophiles were used and the steric demands of compounds containing more than one malonate group were investigated. Various attempts to obtain water-soluble compounds from dimalonate phosphine oxides failed. TBDMS-protected aryl halides were also used as nucleophiles. One (or two) of these silyl ethers was reacted with chlorophenylphosphine derivatives and after deprotection with TBAF the compounds were made water-soluble by a reaction with 1,4-butanesultone. The hydrogenation of arylphosphine oxides to form cyclohexylphosphine oxide derivatives was also investigated. However, these cyclohexylphosphines were more easily obtained by the reaction between the previously mentioned carbon nucleophiles and chlorocyclohexylphosphine derivatives, which were freshly prepared. A series of cyclohexyl-containing water-soluble phosphines was prepared in this way. The oxygen sensitive nature of phosphines lead to two different approaches in the reaction route: the phosphines were either borane protected followed by a subsequent deprotection step, or the phosphines were allowed to oxidise and were reduced back to the free phosphine at a later stage. The efficiency of both approaches in the reaction routes was examined. The deprotection of phosphine-boranes was performed using various “new” deprotecting reagents and the borane-species and free phosphines were separated using water/organic extractions. The various extraction coefficients of the amine-borane complexes were determined. The newly prepared ligands were used in a variety of palladium-catalysed reactions as well as in the hydroformylation of 1-octene employing rhodium. The reactions were performed in both neat organic solvents as well as mixtures between water and DMF or toluene and the results were compared to the use of Tpp and Tppts. It was found that many of the new ligands afforded superior yields compared to those of Tpp and Tppts. In the last part of the study, various diphenylphosphinic amides were used as DoM-groups. Sec- and tert-BuLi were used together with a variety of electrophiles to facilitate ortho-substitution on either one or two rings on the amides. This was seen as a start of a new approach towards functionalised phosphine ligands. / Prof. D.B.G. Williams

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Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Oxygenierung von ungesättigten Kohlenwasserstoffen durch Übergansmetalle und katalytischer Oxidation von Olefinen und Aliphaten. Sie ist in die folgenden drei Teile gegliedert: 1. Matrixisolationsstudien zum System MnO3Cl/Allen: Das System Permanganylchlorid/Allen wurde in einer Argonmatrix durch Photolyse (546 nm) zu Reaktion gebracht. Die entstandenen Komplexe (O=)2MnCl(O=CCH2CH2) 37R und (O=)2MnCl(H2COCCH2) 38R wurden mit Hilfe der IR-Spektroskopie, Isotopenmarkierungs-Experimenten (18O, D) und DFT-Rechnungen (B3LYP/LANL2DZ) zweifelsfrei identifiziert und der Reaktionsmechanismus Hilfe von mit weiteren DFT-Rechnungen (B3LYP/6-311Gd) aufgeklärt. 2. Synthese eines neuen dinuklearen Vanadium-Silsesquioxan-Komplexes Silika geträgerte Vanadium-Komplexe sind vor allem als Katalysatoren für die Oxidation von Kohelnwasserstoffen interessant. Man geht davon aus, dass vor allem die tetraedrisch koordinierten VO4-Spezies für die katalytische Aktivität bzw. Selektivität verantwortlich sind. Da nur eine Vanada-Silsesquioxan-Modellverbindung bekannt war, wurden Versuche unternommen weitere zu synthetisieren. Es konnte eine neue Verbindung erhalten werden, die vollständig charakterisiert wurde und auf ihre katalytische Aktivität getestet wurde. 3. Quantenmechanische Rechnungen zur Lösung ausgewählter Fragestellungen des Systems Mo/Bi Mit Hilfe von DFT-Rechnungen wurden verschiedene Mo-Bi-Verbindungen, die im Rahmen der mechanistischen Aufklärung des SOHIO-Verfahrens durch Synthese von Modellverbindungen erhalten wurden, auf ihre besondere Bindungssituation hin untersucht. Dazu wurden unter anderem die Bader sowie die NBO-Analyse verwendet. / Submitted thesis deals with the oxygenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons by transition metals and catalytic oxidations of olefins and aliphats. It is divided into the following three parts: 1. Matrixisolationstudies of the system MnO3Cl/allene: The light-induced (546 nm) reaction of MnO3Cl with allene has been investigated in low-temperature argon matrices at 11 K. IR spectroscopic studies in combination with isotopic enrichment experiments (18O, D) and DFT calculations (B3LYP/LANL2DZ) allowed the identification of (O=)2MnCl(O=CCH2CH2), 37R, and (O=)2MnCl(H2COCCH2), 38R as products. First of all, possible ways for their formation are discussed qualitatively in the context of the literature available, and then quantitatively with the background of DFT data (B3LYP/6-311G(d)) obtained for starting materials, products, transition states and intermediates. Based on the results a reaction mechanism was proposed. 2. Synthesis of a novel dinuclear vanadium-silsesquioxane-complex Silica-supported vanadium complexes have attracted the interest as catalyst for the oxidation of hydrocarbons. Especially tetrahedrally coordinated VO4-Spezies are supposed as active/selective sites. To investigate the chemical behaviour and –properties of such species, Feher et al. synthesized a vanadium-silsesquioxane-complex in 1991 since silsesquioxanes are known to be excellent structural models for the silica surface. The synthesis and catalytic activity of a new complex, that was successfully synthesised, is reported here. 3. Quantum mechanical calculations for solving selected problems at Mo/Bi-systems. During the investigation of the reaction mechanism of the SOHIO-process some very unusual Mo-Bi-complexes could be isolated in the workgroup of Prof. Dr. Ch. Limberg. The bonding situation of four special complexes was analysed by means of calculations based of density functional theory (DFT) in combination with natural bond orbital analysis (NBO) respectively Bader-theory. 1