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The Sequence PCPCP as a Basic Structural Moiety for Phosphonium Salts, Ylides, and Their Alkali Complexes
Schmidbaur, Hubert,Deschler, Ulrich
, p. 1386 - 1392 (2007/10/02)
Bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (1) reacts with CH3I to yield the phosphonium salt CH3(C6H5)2P(+)CH2P(C6H5)2 I(-) (2) which is transformed into the ylide CH3(C6H5)2P=CHP(C6H5)2 (3) by transylidation using (CH3)3P=CH2. 3 can be metallated at the CH3 group by
