Synthesis of the sterically congested diarylphosphines ArTrip2 P (Ph) H (ArTrip2 = C6 H3 - 2, 6 (C6 H2 - 2, 4, 6 - Pri3)) and ArMes2 P (Ph) H (ArMes2 = C6 H3 - 2, 6 (C6 H2 - 2, 4, 6 - Me3))

Eric Rivard, Andrew D. Sutton, James C. Fettinger, Philip P. Power

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Abstract

The very sterically encumbered secondary chlorophosphines ArTrip2 P (Ph) Cl (ArTrip2 = C6 H3 - 2, 6 (C6 H2 - 2, 4, 6 - Pri3)) and ArMes2 P (Ph) Cl (ArMes2 = C6 H3 - 2, 6 (C6 H2 - 2, 4, 6 - Me3)) were prepared from the respective aryllithium precursors and PhPCl2. Subsequent reduction of the chlorophosphines with Li[AlH4] yielded the corresponding phosphines ArylP(Ph)H in high yield; these afforded the lithium salts ArylP(Ph)Li upon treatment with nBuLi, and the synthesis and structural characterization of the monomeric terphenyl phosphide {[ArMes2 P (Ph)] Li (THF)2} are described. Reaction of two equivalents of the lithium phosphide with SnCl2 afforded a rare example of a monomeric Sn(II)-diphosphide, [ArMes2 P (Ph)]2 Sn.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1278-1286
Number of pages9
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume360
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2007
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The authors are grateful to the National Science Foundation for financial support. E.R. also thanks the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada for a Postdoctoral Fellowship (2004–2006). We also thank Dr. Geoffrey H. Spikes for assistance with 119 Sn NMR spectroscopy.

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National Science Foundation
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

    Keywords

    • Diphosphide
    • Hindered
    • Phosphine
    • Terphenyl
    • Tin

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