Pravat Bhattacharyya, David Gudmunsen, Eric G. Hope, Ray D. W. Kemmitt, Danny R. Paige and Alison M. Stuart
A series of phosphorus(III) compounds incorporating one or more C6F13 ‘ponytails’ have been prepared as a pool of ligands for coordination and catalytic studies under the fluorous biphase regime. Solubility studies indicate that only ligands with three or more ponytails are preferentially soluble in perfluorocarbon solvents.