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. 2008 Nov 12;130(45):14970-1.
doi: 10.1021/ja807828t. Epub 2008 Oct 21.

Carbene-stabilized diphosphorus

Yuzhong Wang  1 , Yaoming Xie, Pingrong Wei, R Bruce King, Henry F Schaefer 3rd, Paul v R Schleyer, Gregory H Robinson
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Carbene-stabilized diphosphorus

Yuzhong Wang et al. J Am Chem Soc. .

Abstract

The potassium graphite reduction of L:PCl3 leads to the formation of carbene-stabilized diphosphorus molecules, L:P-P:L, 1 (L: = :C{N(2,6-Pri2C6H3)CH}2) and 2 (L: = :C{N(2,4,6-Me3C6H2)CH}2), respectively. The nature of the bonding in 1 and 2 was delineated by DFT computations.

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