| abstract |
DISCLOSED HEREIN ARE COMPOUNDS HAVING THE FORMULA (L)2MXY, WHEREIN (L) IS A PHOSPHINITE, PHOSPHONITE, THIOPHOSPHINITE, OR DITHIOPHOSPHONITE LIGAND, M IS PD OR PT AND X AND Y ARE ALIKE OR DIFFERENT AND ARE SELECTED FROM CHLORINE, BROMINE, IODINE, VARIOUS SUBSTITUTED AND UNSUBSTITUTED ALKYLS AND ARYLS, CYANO,SNCL3, ISOCYANATO, THIOCYANATO, AROYL AND LOWER PERFLUOROALKYL GROUPS. THE PROCESS IVOLVES REACTING ONE EQUIVALENT OF A SOURCE OF MXY WITH TWO OR MORE EQUIVALENTS OF A SELECTED PHOSPHORUSCONTAINING LIGAND. THE PRODUCTS ARE USEFUL IN THE ALKOXYCARBONYLATION OF OLEFINS AND IN THE POLYMERIZATION OF ACETYLENE. |