Roberta R. Rodrigues, Christopher L. Dorsey, Chelsee A. Arceneaux
Jan 7, 2014
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Abstract
Treatment of dichlorophenylphosphine with two equivalents of carbonyl-decorated carbenes results in a two-electron reduction of the phosphorus centre concomitant with carbene oxidation to afford novel phosphaalkenes as confirmed via crystallographic, spectroscopic, and DFT analyses.