Formation and reactions of stabilized [2,4-Di-t-butyl-6-(methylthiomethyl)phenyl]thioxophosphine

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1999.567

A stabilized thioxophosphine bearing the 2,4-di-t-butyl-6-(methylthiomethyl)phenyl group was generated either by reaction of the corresponding phosphonous dichloride with bis(trimethylsilyl) sulfide or by desulfurization reaction of the corresponding dithioxophosphorane using tris(dimethyl-amino)phosphine. The thioxophosphine, thus generated was trimerized to trithiatriphosphinane.