Stoichiometric and catalytic Sn-mediated dehydrocoupling of primary phosphines.

Authors :: Naseri V
Less RJ
Mulvey RE
McPartlin M
Wright DS
Source :: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) [Chem Commun (Camb)] 2010 Jul 21; Vol. 46 (27), pp. 5000-2. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jun 03.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: The room-temperature reactions of stannocene, Cp*(2)Sn, with a range of primary phosphines, RPH(2), result in diphosphanes [RP(H)P(H)R]. The reactions involving Cp*(2)SnCl(2), however, result in catalytic dehydrocoupling; the first example of main group metal catalysed dehydrocoupling to be identified.