C. Dieleman et al., FACILE SYNTHETIC ROUTE TO CONE-SHAPED PHOSPHORYLATED [CH2P(O)PH(2)] CALIX[4]ARENES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton transactions, (18), 1995, pp. 3097-3100
Selective incorporation of one, two or four CH2P(O)Ph(2) substituents
at specific sites in para-tert-butylcalix[4]arene was achieved using N
aH and an appropriate alkylating agent; the tetrasubstituted compound
(structure established by X-ray crystallography) was quantitatively re
duced to the corresponding tetraphosphine L(6) which, by reaction with
[{Pd(C(6)H(4)CH(2)NMe(2)-o)Cl}(2)], gave access to the tetranuclear c
omplex [{Pd(C(6)H(4)CH(2)NMe(2)-o)Cl}(4)L(6)].