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