Matthias Stolmàr, Carlo Floriani, Giuliana Gervasio and Davide Viterbo
A novel chiral C3 phosphite P(odag)3 (odag = 1,2∶5,6-di-O-isopropylidene- α-D-glucofuranoside) has been synthesized on a large scale; when treated with Cu(CO)Cl it gave the cubane [{CuCl[P(odag)3]}4], which is in equilibrium with a dimeric form in solution.