Easy hydrolysis of white phosphorus coordinated to ruthenium.
The P4 molecule bound to ruthenium as an eta1-ligand in [CpRu(PPh3)2(eta1-P4)]Y (Y = PF6, CF3SO3) undergoes an easy reaction with water in exceedingly mild conditions to yield PH3, which remains coordinated to the [CpRu(PPh3)2] fragment, and oxygenated derivatives.
Di Vaira
Massimo
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Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze, via della Lastruccia n. 3, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy. piero.stoppioni@unifi.it
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Piero
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Costantini
Stefano Seniori
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Peruzzini
Maurizio
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Stoppioni
Piero
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