Photochemical Incorporation of Diphosphorus Units into Organic Molecules

Abstract

From P4 to organic diphosphanes in a single operation: Photolysis of solutions containing P4 and readily available 1,3-dienes produces bicyclic organic diphosphanes, in a one-step, metal-free protocol. Use of 2,3-dimethylbutadiene or 1,3-butadiene (see drawing) allowed the isolation and solid-state structural characterization of the diphosphane products P2(C6H10)2 and P2(C4H6)2. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.