title: Selective dehydrocoupling of phosphines by lithium chloride carbenoids.
abstract: The development of a simple, transition-metal-free approach for the formation of phosphorus-phosphorus bonds through dehydrocoupling of phosphines is presented. The reaction is mediated by electronically stabilized lithium chloride carbenoids and affords a variety of different diphosphines under mild reaction conditions. The developed protocol is simple and highly efficient and allows the isolation of novel functionalized diphosphines in high yields.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg , Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Molitor
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Viktoria H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Gessner