Attenuated Organomagnesium Activation of White Phosphorus

Merle Arrowsmith; Michael S Hill; Andrew L Johnson; Gabriele Kociok-Köhn; Mary F Mahon

doi:10.1002/anie.201503065

Attenuated Organomagnesium Activation of White Phosphorus

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Jun 26;54(27):7882-5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201503065. Epub 2015 May 27.

Authors

Merle Arrowsmith¹, Michael S Hill², Andrew L Johnson¹, Gabriele Kociok-Köhn¹, Mary F Mahon¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY (UK).
² Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY (UK). msh27@bath.ac.uk.

Abstract

Sequential reactions between a 2,6-diisopropylphenyl-substituted β-diketiminato magnesium n-butyl derivative and P4 allow the highly discriminating synthesis of unusual [nBu2P4](2-) and [nBu2P8](2-) cluster dianions.

Keywords: P4 activation; cluster compounds; magnesium; phosphorus; structure elucidation.