title: Novel cofacial oxidative coupling reaction of phosphinine in the presence of CuI and ClO4-.
abstract: 2,4,6-triphenylphosphinine (TPP) underwent unprecedented cofacial oxidative coupling to form a novel C2-symmetric cage compound, having extremely long C-C bonds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan. cosyscc@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishioka
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuda