N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylethylenediamine → 2-(Bis(tricyclo(3.3.1.13,7)dec-1-yl)phosphino)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrrole

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Reaction Steps

1.6 ml of TMEDA (15 mmol.) are added to a suspension of 1.43 g (10 mmol.) of N-phenylpyrrole in 30 ml of hexane. 6.25 ml of 1.6 molar n-butyllithium solution (10 mmol.) are added at room temperature. The mixture is then heated for 2.5 hours at reflux temperature (solution 1). In another flask, 3.36 g (10 mmol.) of di-1-adamantylchlorophosphane are mixed with 40 ml of hexane and heated to 76° C. (solution 2). The boiling solution 1 is then slowly transferred into solution 2, which is at 76° C., by means of a cannula. The mixture is then boiled for a further 2 hours at reflux, the solution is cooled, and 20 ml of water are added thereto. The organic phase is filtered off over magnesium sulfate. The solution is concentrated in vacuo; 15 ml of toluene are added thereto, and the mixture is heated to 60° C. and then cooled. After one day at room temperature, the product is filtered off. Yield: 3.3 g (75%).

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