title: Extending the chemistry of carbones: P-N bond cleavage via an S(N)2'-like mechanism.
abstract: The reactivity of nucleophilic carbodiphosphorane (C(PPh3)2, 1) and carbodicarbene (C(C(NMe)2C6H4)2, 2) towards various dichlorophosphines has been explored. In most cases the expected carbone-for-chloride ligand exchange was observed. However, the use of MeN(PCl2)2 resulted in a unique P-N bond cleavage that, according to computational studies, occurred via an SN2'-like mechanism.
authors.affiliation: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore, 638737, Singapore. dvidvic@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Chitra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gurnani
authors.forename: Nemanja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Đorđević
authors.forename: Senthilkumar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muthaiah
authors.forename: Dušan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dimić
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petković
authors.forename: Dragoslav
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vidović