title: Template-controlled synthesis of a planar [16]ane-P2C(NHC)2 macrocycle.
abstract: Reaction of tetraphosphine platinum(II) complexes with 2-azidoethyl isocyanide 3 in methanol leads to complexes with two trans-coordinated NH,NH-stabilized carbene ligands 6(X)(2). Complexes 6(X)(2) react with phenyldivinylphosphine under substitution of the remaining phosphine ligands followed by an intramolecular hydroamination reaction to produce complex 1(PF(6))(2) with a macrocyclic [16]ane-P(2)C(NHC)(2) ligand.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrrensstrasse 30, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Aarón
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flores-Figueroa
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pape
authors.forename: Kai-Oliver
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Feldmann
authors.forename: F Ekkehardt
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Hahn