title: The synthesis of tris(perfluoroalkyl)phosphines.
abstract: Tris(perfluoroalkyl)phosphines, of interest as tunable alternatives to the carbon monoxide ligand, can be synthesised by the nucleophile mediated reaction of perfluoroalkyltrimethylsilanes with triphenylphosphite; the method can be extended to diphosphines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago. acaffyn@fsa.uwi.tt.
authors.forename: Makeba B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Murphy-Jolly
authors.forename: Lesley C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Andrew J M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Caffyn