Novel heterocyclizations of N,N-diarylformamidines; 1,4,2,5-diazadiphosphorinanes
Abstract
The heterocyclization of N,N'-diarylformamidines with phosphorus trichloride to form 1,4,2,5-diazadiphosphorinanes was found to proceed via the key stage of aliphatic electrophilic ylide substitution at the formamidine carbon atom.