Selective heterolytic P-P bond cleavage of white phosphorus by a frustrated carbene-borane Lewis pair

Frustrated carbene-borane Lewis pairs are able to affect the selective cleavage of one of the six P-P bonds in white phosphorus (P(4)) to afford an adduct, in which an abnormal carbene of the imidazolium-4-yl type and B(C(6)F(5))(3) are bound in a trans,trans fashion to a butterfly-like bicyclo[1.1....

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Published in:Dalton transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry 2010-11, Vol.39 (44), p.10590-10592
Main Authors: Holschumacher, Dirk, Bannenberg, Thomas, Ibrom, Kerstin, Daniliuc, Constantin G, Jones, Peter G, Tamm, Matthias
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Language:English
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Summary:Frustrated carbene-borane Lewis pairs are able to affect the selective cleavage of one of the six P-P bonds in white phosphorus (P(4)) to afford an adduct, in which an abnormal carbene of the imidazolium-4-yl type and B(C(6)F(5))(3) are bound in a trans,trans fashion to a butterfly-like bicyclo[1.1.0]tetraphosphabutane moiety.
ISSN:1477-9226
1477-9234
DOI:10.1039/c0dt01045f