Boron-Phosphorus Analogues of Benzene and Cyclobutadiene. Synthesis and Characterization of the Boraphosphabenzenes (RBPR')3 (R=Mes, Ph; R'=Ph, Mes, C6H11, t-Bu) and the Diphosphadiboretane (ThexylBPMes)2

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00183a025

The synthesis and characterization of a range of boraphosphabenzenes having the formulas (MesBPPh)3 (1), (MesBPC6H11)3 (2), (MesBPMes)3 (3), (MesBP-t-Bu)3 (4), and (PhBPMes)3 (5) and a diphosphadiboretane of formula (ThexylBPMes)2*2/3Et2O (6) are describe