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Simple access to a 2,4-diphosphabicyclobutane
White, Marcus,Ricard, Louis,Mathey, Francois
, p. 4825 - 4828 (2008/10/09)
A 2-(phosphirenyl)ethylphosphinidene [W(CO)5]2 complex undergoes an original phosphinidene + phosphirene self-condensation to yield the tricyclic compound 5 with an unusual 2,4-diphosphabicyclobutane "butterfly" structure. The product has been characterized by X-ray crystal structure analysis and its formation studied from a theoretical standpoint at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level.
