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counter to the design of typical organophosphorus nucleophilic
catalysts,36 which favor structures with broad interior angles that
result in higher energy, p-rich frontier lone pairs. Theoretical
efforts to substantiate and metrically assess the underlying
enthalpic and electronic components of the strained phospha-
cyclic design are ongoing in our laboratories. Experimental work
also continues with the goal of expanding the scope and
performance of phosphetane-based PIII/PV redox catalysis.
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Experimental details and characterization data. This material is
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presumably reduced to the corresponding reactive trivalent phosphine
in situ.
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(17) There are also limited examples of acyclic phosphines in PIII ⇌ PV
catalysis: (a) Harris, J. R.; Haynes, M. T., II; Thomas, A. M.; Woerpel, K.
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Financial support was provided by the Pennsylvania State
University. A.T.R. gratefully acknowledges early career support
from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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