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Sebastian Burck

Ambident PCN Heterocycles: N- and P-Phosphanylation of Lithium 1,3-Benzazaphospholides

Synthetic and structural aspects of the phosphanylation of 1,3-benzazaphospholides 1(Li), ambident benzofused azaphosphacyclopentadienides, are presented. The unusual properties of phospholyl-1,3,2-diazaphospholes inspired us to study the coupling of 1(Li) with chlorodiazaphospholene 2, which led to the N-substituted product 3. Reaction of 1(Li) with chlorodiphenyl- and chlorodicyclohexylphosphane likewise gave N-phosphanylbenzazaphospholes 4 and 5, whereas with the more bulky di-tert-butyl- and di-1-adamantylchlorophosphanes, the diphosphanes 6 and 7 are obtained; in the case of 7 they are isolated as a dimeric LiCl(THF) adduct. Structural information was provided by single-crystal X-ray d…

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N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium, Arsenium, and Stibenium Ions as Ligands in Transition Metal Complexes: A Comparative Experimental and Computational Study

Reaction of 2-chloro-1,3,2-diazaarsolenes and -diazaphospholenes with Tl[Co(CO)4] gives instable complexes of type [Co(ER2)(CO)4] which decarbonylated to yield [Co(ER2)(CO)3]. Spectroscopic and X-ray diffraction studies revealed that the tetracarbonyl complexes can be formulated as ion pair for E = P and as covalent metalla-arsine for E = As, and the tricarbonyl complexes as carbene-like species with a formal E=Co double bond. A similar reactivity towards Tl[Co(CO)4] was also inferred for 1,3,2-diazastibolenes although the products were not isolable and their constitution remained uncertain. Evaluation of structural and computational data suggests that the weak and polarized Co–As bond in […

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Ambident Reactivity of P˭CH‒N‒Heterocycles: Lithiation and Substitution Sites

Abstract Benzofused 1H-1,3-azaphospholes are lithiated at the N-atom by tBuLi but phosphinylation takes place at either the N- or the P-atom. Smaller chlorophosphines react at nitrogen, bulkier react at phosphorus. Substituents at C2 promote the latter mode. N-Substituted 2H-1,3-benzazaphospholes undergo CH-metalation or addition at the P˭C bond, depending on the conditions, and allow access to 2-functionally substituted benzazaphospholes or their 2,3-dihydro derivatives, new σ2P,X or σ3P,X hybrid ligands (X=O,P).

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