Reactivity of cyclooligophosphanes: synthesis and structural characterisation of  cyclo -1,4-(BH 3 ) 2 (P 4 Ph 4 CH 2 ) and  cyclo -1,2-(BH 3 ) 2 (P 5 Ph 5 )

Wolf, Robert; Finger, Markus; Limburg, Carolin; Willis, Anthony; Wild, Stanley (Bruce); Hey-Hawkins, Evamarie

Reactivity of cyclooligophosphanes: synthesis and structural characterisation of cyclo -1,4-(BH 3 ) 2 (P 4 Ph 4 CH 2 ) and cyclo -1,2-(BH 3 ) 2 (P 5 Ph 5 )

Date

2006

Authors

Wolf, Robert

Finger, Markus

Limburg, Carolin

Willis, Anthony

Wild, Stanley (Bruce)

Hey-Hawkins, Evamarie

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

The borane complexes cyclo-1,4-(BH3)2(P 4Ph4CH2) (3) and cyclo-1,2-(BH 3)2(P5Ph5) (4) were prepared by reaction of cyclo-(P4Ph4CH2) and cyclo-(P 5Ph5) with BH3(SMe2). Only the 2: 1 complexes 3 and 4 were isolated, even when an excess of the borane source