Selective formation of a unique diphosphonium-diphosphine from a tetraphosphine double protonation induced by zirconium salts

Ali Jahel; Nikolay V Vologdin; Nadine Pirio; Hélène Cattey; Philippe Richard; Philippe Meunier; Jean-Cyrille Hierso

doi:10.1039/b809244n

Selective formation of a unique diphosphonium-diphosphine from a tetraphosphine double protonation induced by zirconium salts

Dalton Trans. 2008 Aug 28:(32):4206-8. doi: 10.1039/b809244n. Epub 2008 Jun 19.

Authors

Ali Jahel¹, Nikolay V Vologdin, Nadine Pirio, Hélène Cattey, Philippe Richard, Philippe Meunier, Jean-Cyrille Hierso

Affiliation

¹ Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne (ICMUB) UMR-CNRS 5260, ARECO, 9 avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 Dijon cedex, France.

PMID: 18682858
DOI: 10.1039/b809244n

Abstract

A mixed ferrocenyl diphosphonium-diphosphine cation, associated with two [ZrCl(5).thf](-) anions, is obtained from a ferrocenyl tetraphosphine, as a unique didentate ionic metalloligand in a perfectly selective reaction induced by ZrCl(4) in THF.