Modeling the direct activation of dihydrogen by a P2C2 cyclic biradical: formation of a cyclic bis(P-H lambda(5)-phosphorane)

Shigekazu Ito; Joji Miura; Noboru Morita; Masaaki Yoshifuji; Anthony J Arduengo 3rd

doi:10.1021/ic901072z

Modeling the direct activation of dihydrogen by a P2C2 cyclic biradical: formation of a cyclic bis(P-H lambda(5)-phosphorane)

Inorg Chem. 2009 Sep 7;48(17):8063-5. doi: 10.1021/ic901072z.

Authors

Shigekazu Ito¹, Joji Miura, Noboru Morita, Masaaki Yoshifuji, Anthony J Arduengo 3rd

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578, Japan. ito.s.ao@m.titech.ac.jp

PMID: 19637863
DOI: 10.1021/ic901072z

Abstract

The synthesis of a remarkable cyclic bis(P-H lambda(5)-phosphorane) is reported. A stable phosphorus-heterocyclic biradical, 1,3-diphosphacyclobutane-2,4-diyl, sequentially accepts negatively and positively charged hydrogen atoms to afford 2,4-diphospha-1,3-cyclobutadiene with a diylidic structure containing two P-H bonds.