Rc. Nelson et al., Alkali-metal phthaloylphosphides: Easily prepared phosphide reagents for coordination acid main-group chemistry, ORGANOMETAL, 20(8), 2001, pp. 1705-1708
A straightforward method for the preparation of alkali-metal phthaloylphosp
hide (isophosphindoline-1,3-dione(1-) ion) salts from phosphine, diethyl ph
thalate or its ring-substituted analogues, and an alkalimetal tert-alkoxide
is described. Spectroscopic and physical characterizations are provided fo
r three representative examples.