title: A straightforward access to ruthenium-coordinated fluorophosphines from phosphorous oxyacids.
abstract: The transformation of phosphorous oxyacids into the corresponding fluorophosphines was mediated by [RuCp(PPh3)2Cl] under mild reaction conditions using a soft deoxofluorinating agent. The reaction is selective, proceeds with high yields and can be extended to a wide range of phosphorous oxyacids once coordinated to the ruthenium synthon [RuCp(PPh3)2](+) as their hydroxyphosphine tautomer. Deoxofluorination of phenylphosphinic acid was also mediated by [RuCp(R)(CH3CN)3]PF6, where Cp(R): Cp = C5H5, Cp* = C5Me5, and [Ru(η(6)-p-cymene)(μ-Cl)Cl]2. X-Ray single crystal structures of the two new derivatives, [RuCp(PPh3)2{PhP(OH)2}]CF3SO3 and [Ru(η(6)-p-cymene)Cl2{PhP(OH)2}] have been determined.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. maria.caporali@iccom.cnr.it.
authors.forename: Fuencisla
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delgado Calvo
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mirabello
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caporali
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Oberhauser
authors.forename: Kolio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Raltchev
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karaghiosoff
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peruzzini