G. Markl et R. Hennig, 1-LAMBDA(3)SIGMA(2),6-LAMBDA(3)SIGMA(2)-D IPHOSPHA-1,2,4,5-HEXATETRAEN AUS 1,6-DI-H-1,6-DIPHOSPHINO-2,4-HEXADIIN, Tetrahedron letters, 36(36), 1995, pp. 6429-6432
1,6-Di-H-1,6-diphosphino-2,4-hexadiyne 5 undergoes base-catalyzed hete
ropropargylic rearrangement to give 1,6-diphosphahexatetraene 3a, whic
h forms stereoselective 3,4-diphosphamethylencyclobutene 4a by valence
isomerisation.