Dalton communications. Reactions of co-ordinated phosphines and arsines. Iron(II)-facilitated syntheses of 1-phenylphosphetane and 1-phenylarsetane
Abstract
Phenylphosphine in the complex (R*, R*)-(±)-[Fe(η-C5H5){C6H4(PMePh)2-1,2}(PH2Ph]PF6 was treated with 1,3-dibromopropane in the presence of KOBut to give 1-phenylphosphetane; similarly, (±)-(3-chloropropyl)phenylarsine was converted into 1-phenylarsetane.