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Dibridgehead Diphosphines that Turn Themselves Inside Out
Author(s) -
Stollenz Michael,
Barbasiewicz Michał,
NawaraHultzsch Agnieszka J.,
Fiedler Tobias,
Laddusaw Ryan M.,
Bhuvanesh Nattamai,
Gladysz John A.
Publication year - 2011
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.201100893
Subject(s) - diphosphines , turn (biochemistry) , chemistry , scheme (mathematics) , catalysis , organic chemistry , mathematics , biochemistry , mathematical analysis
Molecular contortionists can lurk in unexpected places. The title compounds undergo equilibria that appear to involve straightforward pyramidal inversions at the phosphorus atoms, but in reality the stereoisomers interconvert by turning themselves inside out (see scheme)!