Oxidation reactions of 1,8-bis(phosphino)naphthalenes: Syntheses and molecular structures of bis(phosphine oxides) and of a bis(phosphine sulfide)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/hc.7

A series of naphthalenediyl-1,8-bis(phosphine oxides) 1-RR′P(:O)(C₁₀H₆)-8-P(:O)RR′ (R = R′ = Me (2a), Et (2b), iPr (2c), Cy (2d), Ph (2f) and R = tBu, R′ = Ph (2e) was prepared by oxidation of the corresponding bis(phosphines) 1a-f w