An unexpected pathway in the cage opening and aggregation of P4

Wesley Ting Kwok Chan; Felipe García; Alexander D. Hopkins; Lucy C. Martin; Mary McPartlin; Dominic S. Wright

doi:10.1002/anie.200604267

An unexpected pathway in the cage opening and aggregation of P₄

Wesley Ting Kwok Chan
, Felipe García
, Alexander D. Hopkins
, Lucy C. Martin
, Mary McPartlin
, Dominic S. Wright

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Abstract

(Figure Presented) Graceful degradation: The reaction of the [(Me ₃Si)₃Si]^- ion with white phosphorus results in a new phosphorus-based dianion (see scheme; R = Si(SiMe₃) ₃), apparently arising from the unexpected aggregation of two [RP₄]^- units into a P₇ nortricyclic core with an exo anionic P atom. The formation of this dianion sheds new light on the mechanism(s) of P₄ degradation by nucleophiles and the ability of silyl substituents to direct product formation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3084-3086
Number of pages	3
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	46
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200604267
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Alkali metals
Hypersilyl ligands
Phosphorus
Potassium
Structure elucidation

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