title: beta-Diiminato ligand (L) transformations in reactions of KL with PI3 and I2 [L = {N(C6H3Pr(i)2-2,6)C(H)}2CPh].
abstract: The reaction of the potassium beta-diiminate KL (L = [{N(Ar)C(H)}(2)CPh](-); Ar = C(6)H(3)Pr(i)(2)-2,6) with PI(3) unexpectedly produced a phosphenium salt of the intermolecularly C,C-coupled ligand [P(I){N(Ar)CH}(2)C(C(6)H(4)-4)C(Ph)(CH[double bond, length as m-dash]NAr)(2)](+)[I(3)](-), while an intramolecularly N,N-coupled salt [N[upper bond 1 start](Ar)C(H)C(Ph)C(H)N[upper bond 1 end](Ar)](+)[I(5)](-) was isolated from KL + I(2).
authors.affiliation: The Chemistry Department, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lappert
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Andrey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Protchenko