Experiments on the Generation of 2-Coordinate Phosphoryl Species by Fragmentation of 7-Phosphanorbornene and 3-Phospholene Derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00075a014

2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenyl phosphenite (ArOP=O) was released into the gas phase on heating a neat sample of a 7-phosphanorbornene derivative 6 bearing this aryloxy substituent at 300 deg C (0.01 mm).Attempts to prepare 1-adamantyl phosphenite simila