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neat 1,3-cyclohexadiene (1,3-CHD). When a solution of
iPr2NPA in neat 1,3-CHD was heated at 80 °C for 12 h, only
anti-iPr2N-7-phosphanorbornene and anthracene were ob-
served to form (Scheme 2), as measured by 1H and 31P
sources. A further implication of the results reported herein is
the new-found ability to introduce the −PA substituent, making
it possible to envision thermal access to unsaturated P-
containing intermediates well beyond the phosphinidene
subset.
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Scheme 2. (i) Thermolysis of Pr2NPA in 1,3-CHD Leading
to Quantitative Formation of anti-iPr2NPC6H8; (ii) A Model
of anti-iPr2NPC6H8 Built and Optimized Using DFT
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Hydrogen atoms on the Pr2N group have been omitted for clarity.
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Selected interatomic distances (Å) and angles (deg): P−N 1.714, P−
C4 1.952, C5−C6 1.555, C2−C6 1.356, C1−P−C4 77.18.
NMR spectroscopy. Upon complete consumption of the
iPr2NPA starting material, all volatile materials were removed
in vacuo from the reaction mixture. The resulting oily residue
was suspended in a minimum amount of cold pentane,
whereupon the mixture was filtered to remove all precipitated
solids. The filtrate was brought to constant mass and was
analyzed as spectroscopically pure anti-iPr2NP(C6H8) (yield
69%). The stereochemistry of the product was established
based on the large 2JPC coupling constant of the olefinic carbon
atoms of 26.6 Hz, diagnostic for a proximal arrangement of the
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