The (P4HMes4)- anion: lability, fluxionality, and structural ambiguity (Mes = 2,4,6-Me3C6H2).
The synthesis and structural characterization of the tetramesityltetraphosphanide anion, (P4HMes4)- (1), is described. It is shown that 1 partially decomposes in solution and displays an unsymmetrical structure in which, depending on conditions, the proton may or may not fluctuate between the terminal P atoms of the P4 chain.
Wolf
Robert
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Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 29, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Gomez-Ruiz
Santiago
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Reinhold
Joachim
J
Böhlmann
Winfried
W
Hey-Hawkins
Evamarie
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