The reaction of PH3 with the bispentamethylcyclopentadienyl zirconium dinitrogen complex [{Zr(C5Me5)2(N2)}2(µ-N2)]1 produces the orange and the yellow phosphido complexes [{Zr(C5Me5)2(PH2)(H)}2(µ-N2)]2 and [{Zr(C5Me5)2(PH2)(H)}2]3; the reaction of these complexes with alkenes and PH3 leads to the selective formation of primary alkyl phosphines, under the mildest conditions of temperature and pressure reported to date.
S. Nielsen-Marsh, R. J. Crowte and P. G. Edwards, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1992, 699 DOI: 10.1039/C39920000699
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