Generation and E.S.R. Spectra of Some New Phosphorus-centred Radicals P.2Ar2X, P.(Ar)X, P.(OAr)2, P.Ar2(:O), P.Ar(:NSiMe3), and .- derived from the Bulky Group C6H2Bu

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/c39820000609

The photochemical reaction of X2 and the diphosphene trans-ArP=PAr (Ar = C6H2Bu^t3), (1), leads successively to P^.2Ar2X, (2), P^.(Ar)X, (3), and upon cooling 2 t, ΔH_diss = 107 +/- 7