Issue 19, 2021

Di-tert-butyldiphosphatetrahedrane as a building block for phosphaalkenes and phosphirenes

Abstract

The remarkable ‘mixed’ diphosphatetrahedrane (tBuCP)2 (1) – which is both the elusive dimeric form of the phosphaalkyne tBuCP and an isolobal analogue of the important industrial feedstock P4 – was recently isolated for the first time; however, its chemistry remains unexplored. Herein we report that treatment of 1 with various N-heterocyclic carbenes readily yields unusual, unsaturated organophosphorus motifs. These results demonstrate the significant potential of 1 as a building block for the synthesis of previously unknown organophosphorus compounds.

Graphical abstract: Di-tert-butyldiphosphatetrahedrane as a building block for phosphaalkenes and phosphirenes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Oct 2020
Accepted
09 Dec 2020
First published
12 Feb 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 2356-2359

Di-tert-butyldiphosphatetrahedrane as a building block for phosphaalkenes and phosphirenes

G. Hierlmeier, M. K. Uttendorfer and R. Wolf, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 2356 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC07103J

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