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

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

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 May 18;49(40):4486-8. doi: 10.1039/c3cc42041h. Epub 2013 Apr 10.

Authors

Caleb D Martin¹, Cory M Weinstein, Curtis E Moore, Arnold L Rheingold, Guy Bertrand

Affiliation

¹ 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.

PMID: 23571800
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc42041h

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.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Methane / analogs & derivatives*
Methane / chemistry
Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure
Organophosphorus Compounds / chemical synthesis*
Organophosphorus Compounds / chemistry
Phosphorus / chemistry*

Substances

Organophosphorus Compounds
carbene
Phosphorus
Methane