Reactions of phosphines with acetylenes. Part 18. The mechanism of formation of 1,2-alkylidenediphosphoranes
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
- p. 2133-2135
- https://doi.org/10.1039/p19790002133
Abstract
The reactions of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate and dibenzoylacetylene with a variety of tertiary arylphosphines, in excess, have been studied. Evidence is presented to show that 1,2-alkylidenediphosphoranes are formed via zwitterionic intermediates which have the character of nucleophilic carbenes. 1,2-Bismethoxycarbonyl-2-thioxoethylidenetriphenylphosphorane and 1,2-dibenzoyl-2-thioxoethylidenetriphenylphosphorane have been isolated by trapping the intermediate with sulphur.Keywords
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