The synthesis of tris(perfluoroalkyl)phosphines.
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.
Murphy-Jolly
Makeba B
MB
Department of Chemistry, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago. acaffyn@fsa.uwi.tt.
Lewis
Lesley C
LC
Caffyn
Andrew J M
AJ