Exploring the reactivity of white phosphorus with electrophilic carbenes: synthesis of a P4 cage and P8 clusters

Caleb D. Martin; Cory M. Weinstein; Curtis E. Moore; Arnold L. Rheingold; Guy Bertrand

doi:10.1039/C3CC42041H

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Exploring the reactivity of white phosphorus with electrophilic carbenes: synthesis of a P₄ cage and P₈ clusters†

Caleb D. Martin,^a Cory M. Weinstein,^a Curtis E. Moore,^b Arnold L. Rheingold^b and Guy Bertrand*^a

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^a Joint CNRS-UCSD Research Laboratory (UMI 3555), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, USA
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^b UCSD Crystallography Facility, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, USA

Abstract

The reaction of cyclic di(amido)- and (alkyl)(amino)-carbenes with white phosphorus in benzene afford P₈ clusters supported by four carbenes, or a novel type of carbene-P₄ adduct.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42041H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 20 Mar 2013
Accepted: 02 Apr 2013
First published: 03 Apr 2013

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Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 4486-4488

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Exploring the reactivity of white phosphorus with electrophilic carbenes: synthesis of a P₄ cage and P₈ clusters

C. D. Martin, C. M. Weinstein, C. E. Moore, A. L. Rheingold and G. Bertrand, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 4486 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42041H

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