P. Braunstein et al., POLYFUNCTIONAL LIGANDS - COMPARATIVE OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF [E(PPH2)(2)]- (E=CH, N) WITH IODINE, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (1), 1995, pp. 37-38
Iodine oxidation of the isoelectronic anions [N(PPh(2))(2)](-) and [HC
(PPh(2))(2)](-) affords the structurally characterized P-P coupling pr
oduct Ph(2)P-N=PPh(2)-PPh(2)=N-PPh(2) and the P-C coupling product (Ph
(2)P)(2)C=PPh(2)-CH2-PPh(2), respectively; the P-P heterocoupling prod
uct Ph(2)P-N=PPh(2)-PPh(2)=CH-PPh(2) is obtained in the cross-coupling
experiment of Li[N(PPh(2))(2)] and Li[HC(PPh(2))(2)] with iodine at -
40 degrees C.