INSERTION OF ELECTROPHILIC PHOSPHORUS INTO CYCLOPROPANES; A NEW SYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHETANES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)80260-9

Electrophilic phosphorus reagents such as <(Cl)(i-Pr2N)P>^{+ -} and PhPCl2/AlCl3 are found to insert into monocyclic cyclopropanes to yield phosphetanes.The utility of this new method is demonstrated by synthesizing the first phosphetanes bearing phenyl substituents at carbon.