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Activation of White Phosphorus by Reduction in the Presence of a Zirconium Diamidodiphosphine Macrocycle: Formation of a Bridging Square‐Planar cyclo ‐P 4 Unit
Author(s) -
Seidel Wolfram W.,
Summerscales Owen T.,
Patrick Brian O.,
Fryzuk Michael D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200803739
Subject(s) - planar , square (algebra) , bridging (networking) , zirconium , unit (ring theory) , reduction (mathematics) , white phosphorus , black phosphorus , phosphorus , crystallography , combinatorics , chemistry , mathematics , computer science , physics , organic chemistry , geometry , computer graphics (images) , computer network , mathematics education , optoelectronics
It's hip to be square : A perfectly planar square of phosphorus atoms is prepared by the reduction of [ZrCl 2 {PhP(CH 2 SiMe 2 NSiMe 2 CH 2 ) 2 PPh}] in the presence of P 4 (see structure). On the basis of the PP single bond lengths and oxidation state of the Zr centers, this unit is formulated as a [P 4 ] 4− fragment.