STANNYLENE AND GERMYLENE AS POWERFUL DECHLORINATED REAGENTS. NEW ROUTE TO DIPHOSPHENE.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)88305-7

Dichlorophosphines RPCl2 are reduced to the corresponding phosphorus-I compounds by the stannylene Me2Si(NtBu)2Sn: (1) or by the germylene GeI2 (2); in the case of the reaction of (5) with (1), bis(2,4,6-tri-tert-