Michael A. Beswick, Alexander D. Hopkins, Sara J. Kidd, Yvonne G. Lawson, Paul R. Raithby, Dominic S. Wright, Alan Bashall, Mary McPartlin, Alexander Rothenberger and FT3Dietmar Stalke
The syntheses of [ButPAs(NMe2)2K.pmedta]2 1 and [{CyNAs(NMe2)2K}2]∞ 2 from the reactions of [As(NMe2)3] with ButPH2 and CyNH2, respectively, in the presence of potassiated bases exemplify a general approach to multifunctional secondary phosphide and amide anions containing variable sets of group 15 donor centres.