Pg. Edwards et al., DIRECT CONVERSION OF CARBON-MONOXIDE TO A COORDINATED SECONDARY ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE BY A THORIUM PHOSPHIDO COMPLEX, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (10), 1994, pp. 1249-1250
The homoleptic eight coordinate thorium dialkylphosphide, Th[P(CH(2)CH
(2)PMe(2))(2)](4) 1 reacts with carbon monoxide to give the first repo
rted double insertion product where CO is incorporated into a coordina
ted secondary alcohol derivative by the coupling of two dialkyl phosph
ide groups at the same carbon atom.