title: Oxidative addition of water and methanol to a dicationic trivalent phosphorus centre.
abstract: Our recently synthesised phosphorus dication is observed to activate water (and methanol) under reactions conditions atypical for other systems containing a non-metal centre. This particular activation described as oxidative addition is quite rare and has been reserved exclusively for a couple of metal-based compounds.
authors.affiliation: SPMS-CBC, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 (Singapore), Fax: (+65) 6791-1961.
authors.forename: Madelyn Qin Yi
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: Yunpeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.forename: Dragoslav
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vidović
keywords: NMR spectroscopy; dications; oxidative addition; phosphorus; water activation