title: Exploitation of an unprecedented silica-promoted acetylene-allene rearrangement for the preparation of C,C-diacetylenic phosphaalkenes.
abstract: C,C-Diacetylenic phosphaalkenes have been obtained from a 1-chloro-3-ethynyl-1,2-allene which becomes accessible from a silica-promoted rearrangement of a 3-chloropenta-1,4-diyne; oxidative acetylene homo-coupling of the phosphadiethynyl-ethene is described for the first time and affords a dimeric, cross-conjugated product which features a largely decreased HOMO-LUMO gap compared to all-carbon-based reference compounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Photochemistry and Molecular Science, Angström Laboratories, Uppsala University, Box 523, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Xue-Li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Sascha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ott