| abstract |
A process for preparing a chelating ligand of the formula (II) from a chelating ligand of the formula (I) via an sp2-sp2 or sp2-sp3 coupling reaction with an organometallic compound of the formula (III). wherein B is a bridging group that is bonded to L1 and L2 in formula (I) and to L3 and L4 in formula (II); L1 is a substituted monocyclic or polycyclic ligand that comprises at least one chlorine, bromine, iodine, or sulfonate substituent, directly bonded to an sp2 carbon atom of the ring structure of the ligand; L2 is a monoanionic ligand; or L2 may, independently, be defined as L1; L3 is the same group as L1, but said at least one chlorine, bromine, iodine, or sulfonate substituent is replaced with a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, or substituted halocarbyl fragment; L4 is the same group as L2, though, when L2 is defined as L1, L4 may be the same as L3 or L1; R1 is a hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, or substituted halocarbyl; M1 is an element of group 1, 2, 12, 13 or 14 of the Periodic Table of the Elements; each X2, if present, is selected independently from the group consisting of halogen atoms, the hydroxyl group, alkoxy groups, aryloxy groups, mesylate, tosylate and triflate; r is 1, 2 or 3, and t is 0, 1 or 2, where r + t corresponds to the oxidation number of M1. |