Extending the chemistry of carbones: P-N bond cleavage via an S(N)2'-like mechanism.

The reactivity of nucleophilic carbodiphosphorane (C(PPh3)2, 1) and carbodicarbene (C(C(NMe)2C6H4)2, 2) towards various dichlorophosphines has been explored. In most cases the expected carbone-for-chloride ligand exchange was observed. However, the use of MeN(PCl2)2 resulted in a unique P-N bond cleavage that, according to computational studies, occurred via an SN2'-like mechanism.

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Chitra Gurnani, Nemanja Đorđević, Senthilkumar Muthaiah, Dušan Dimić, Rakesh Ganguly, Milena Petković, Dragoslav Vidović. Extending the chemistry of carbones: P-N bond cleavage via an S(N)2'-like mechanism. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2015 Jul 7;51(53):10762-4

PMID: 26051013

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