title: P-C versus C-H bond cleavage in coordinated bis(dimethylphosphino)methane: controlled access to either phosphinite or functionalized diphosphine complexes.
abstract: Treatment of fac-[Mn(CNPh)(CO)3(dmpm)]ClO4 (1) with KOH affords neutral phosphinite complex fac-[Mn(PMe2O)(CNPh)(CO)3(PMe3)] (2) as a result of P-C bond cleavage on the dmpm ligand, whereas when carrying out the reaction in the presence of iodine the diphosphinoketenimine derivative fac-[MnI(CO)3[(PMe2)2C=C=NPh]] (4) is obtained after deprotonation and further functionalization of the central carbon atom of the diphosphine.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Oviedo, 33071 Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quesada
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Víctor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Riera
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García-Granda
authors.forename: M Rosario
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Díaz