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Formation of an Organometallic Phosphanediide via Main-Group Dehydrocoupling

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posted on 2009-04-13, 00:00 authored by Robert J. Less, Vesal Naseri, Dominic S. Wright
The reaction of FcPH2 [Fc = (C5H4)Fe(C5H5)] with nBuLi and As(NMe2)3 in tmeda (Me2NCH2CH2NMe2) gives [(FcP)3(Li·tmeda)2] (1), containing the first example of an organometallic phosphanediide anion, [FcP]32−.

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