Coordination Chemistry of Oxazoline/Thiazoline‐Based P,N Ligands

Among the fast growing family of functional phosphine ligands, those containing a nitrogen donor function have attracted considerable interest over the past few years. In this short review, we will consider P,N chelating ligands in which the nitrogen donor belongs to an oxazoline or a thiazoline moiety, examine selected examples of their transition metal complexes according to the size of the chelating rings, and mention applications of some of these metal complexes as pre-catalysts for different transformations. The coordination behaviour of functional dppm ligands which have been C-substituted by an oxazoline heterocycle will also be discussed.