Direct synthesis of ferrocenylmethylphosphines from ferrocenylmethyl alcohols and their application as ligands for room temperature Pd(0)-catalyzed Suzuki cross-couplings of aryl bromides

[GRAPHICS] The direct, high-yield conversion of readily available ferrocenylmethyl alcohols to ferrocenylmethylphosphines and the application of ferrocenylmethylphosphines as efficient ligands for room temperature Suzuki cross-coupling reaction of aryl bromides with phenylboronic acid are reported. The procedure of directly converting ferrocenylmethyl alcohols to ferrocenylmethylphosphines described here should find applications in the synthesis of many metallocenylmethylphosphines including optically active ones.