title: Synthesis and complexation of heptafluoroisopropyldiphenylphosphine.
abstract: We report a one-step synthesis of the phosphine, PPh(2)(i)C(3)F(7) from commercially available precursors. The stereoelectronic properties of the phosphine were probed by coordination to transition metals. Mo(CO)(5)PPh(2)(i)C(3)F(7) was synthesised and the synthesis and structure of trans-PtCl(2)(PPh(2)(i)C(3)F(7))(2) are described. PPh(2)(i)C(3)F(7) was found to be a bulky electron-withdrawing ligand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago.
authors.forename: Lesley C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lewis-Alleyne
authors.forename: Makeba B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Murphy-Jolly
authors.forename: Xavier F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Le Goff
authors.forename: Andrew J M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Caffyn
mesh_terms: D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010720:Phosphines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D028561:Transition Elements; D005466:Fluorocarbons
chemical_list: D056831:Coordination Complexes; D010720:Phosphines; D028561:Transition Elements; C548436:heptafluoroisopropyldiphenylphosphine; D005466:Fluorocarbons; C044646:phosphine