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Alkali-Metal-Mediated Coupling of a Phosphorus-Substituted Alkene. Structural Characterization of Dilithium 1,1,4,4-Tetrakis(diphenylphosphino)butane-1,4-diide

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posted on 1998-11-06, 00:00 authored by William Clegg, Keith Izod, William McFarlane, Paul O‘Shau
The butane-1,4-diide salt {(THF)2Li(Ph2P)2CCH2}2 is obtained by treatment of (Ph2P)2CCH2 with lithium in THF; hydrolysis of this salt yields the novel tetraphosphine {(Ph2P)2CHCH2}2.

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