The present invention relates to novel ligands of formula 1, their
metal complexes and their use for catalytic purposes. In Formula 1, R1 is
alkyl, perfluoroalkyl,
aryl, or cycloalkyl, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted with cyano,
sulfonyl: -SO2-R10 (R10 = C1-C5
alkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkyl, C5-C10
aryl, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted with C1-C4
alkyl or C1-C4 perfluoroalkyl), or silyl: Si(R20R30R40) (R20, R30, and R40 are, independently of one another, C1-C6 alkyl or C5-C10
aryl, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted with C1-C4 alkyl); R2 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, adamantyl, or aryl, each of which is substituted or unsubstituted; and R3, R4, and R5 are alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl. R3 and R6, and / or R4 and R7, and / or R5 and R8 together form an alkyl bridge or
alkyl ether bridge which, together with the
nitrogen atom to which they are attached, forms a heterocyclyl ring; R6, R7, and R8 are alkyl or aryl which are unsubstituted or substituted, or which, individually or collectively, form a heterocyclyl ring with R3, R4, or R5 and the
nitrogen atom to which they are attached; and m, n, and o are 0 or 1, provided that at least one of m, n, and o is 1.