New adventures in the molecular chemistry of phosphorus.
Teaching old dogs new tricks: Recent developments in low-coordinate phosphorus chemistry reveal the capacity of this element for surprises. For example, P for CR substitution in new phosphaalkynes was used to stabilize purported intermediates in an important synthetic transformation, and also to form new diphosphacyclobutadiene sandwich complexes (see scheme).
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Christopher A
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School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK. chris.russell@bris.ac.uk