A stereoselective route to medium-ring cis-1,n-dialkyl-1,n-diphosphacycloalkanes
Abstract
Quaternisation of 1, (k+ 2)-diphosphabicyclo[k.1.0]alkanes 2, followed by treatment of the monoquaternary salts with alkyllithium or Grignard reagents produces the cis-isomers of 1,n-disubstituted-1,n-diphosphacycloalkanes 3 exclusively; examples containing eight-, nine- and ten-membered rings are described and the structures of two of these compounds 3a and 3f have been determined.