Reaction of Bulky Monosubstituted Phosphorus(III) Halides with Disodium Tetracarbonylferrate. Steric and Electronic Factors in the Synthesis of Fe(CO)4 Complexes of Diphosphene and Phosphinidene Ligands

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00253a022

Reaction of Na2Fe(CO)4 with a bulky monosubstituted phosphorus(III) halide RPCl2 where R=Mes(2,4,6-Me3C6H2), CH2SiMe3, CH(SiMe3)2, N(SiMe3)2, -OC6H2-2,6-t-Bu2-4-Me, or -C6H2-2,4,6-t-Bu3 yields products in which the phosphorus center behaves either a dipho