Nicholas R Andreychuk et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 47(14), 4866-4876 (2018-03-16)
Palladium-catalyzed coupling of 1-adamantylamine (2 equiv.) with 4,5-dibromo-2,7-di-tert-butyl-9,9-dimethylxanthene afforded the proligand 4,5-bis(1-adamantylamino)-2,7-di-tert-butyl-9,9-dimethylxanthene, H2[XAd] (1), which upon deprotonation with excess KH or KCH2Ph in THF or dme generated [{K(THF)3}2(XAd)] (2a) and [K2(XAd)(dme)] (2b). Subsequent reaction of in situ generated 2a or