title: Synthesis, multinuclear NMR spectra, and X-ray structures of tBu2PNP(I)tBu2 and EPR2NP(I)R2 (E = Se, Te; R = iPr, tBu).
abstract: Two synthetic routes to bifunctional P(V)/P(V) compounds of the type EPR(2)NP(I)R(2) have been developed. The reaction of Li[EP(i)Pr(2)NP(i)Pr(2)] with one molar equivalent of I(2) produces EP(i)Pr(2)NP(I)(i)Pr(2) (3a-I, E = Se; 3b-I, E = Te). Alternatively, the oxidation of Na[N(P(t)Bu(2))(2)] with I(2) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) generates the P(III)/P(V) compound (t)Bu(2)PNP(I)(t)Bu(2) (6'-I) which, on treatment with elemental selenium or tellurium in THF, yields EP(t)Bu(2)NP(I)(t)Bu(2) (3a'-I, E = Se; 3b'-I, E = Te). The acyclic compounds 3a-I, 3a'-I, 3b-I, 3b'-I, and 6'-I have been characterized in solution by multinuclear ((1)H, (31)P, (77)Se, and (125)Te) NMR spectroscopy and in the solid state by X-ray structural determinations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 1N4, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Jamie S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ritch
authors.forename: Stuart D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Maarit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Risto
authors.forename: Tristram
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chivers