title: Exploring the reactivity of white phosphorus with electrophilic carbenes: synthesis of a P4 cage and P8 clusters.
abstract: The reaction of cyclic di(amido)- and (alkyl)(amino)-carbenes with white phosphorus in benzene afford P8 clusters supported by four carbenes, or a novel type of carbene-P4 adduct.
authors.affiliation: Joint CNRS-UCSD Research Laboratory (UMI 3555), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0358, USA.
authors.forename: Caleb D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Cory M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: Curtis E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Arnold L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Rheingold
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; C030011:carbene; D010758:Phosphorus; D008697:Methane