Novel insertion of ethynylbenzene derivatives bearing an electron-withdrawing substituent at the 4-position into a P-C bond and their transannular insertion between a metal atom and an //?.s0-carbon atom of the phosphine ligandf

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/b004984k

Reactions of Cp*MCl(P-O) (M = Rh, Ir) bearing P-O coordination with ethynylbenzene derivatives having an electron-withdrawing group in the presence of a PF6 anion result in either insertion into a P-C bond or a transannular addition between a metal and an ipso-carbon of the phosphine. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2000.