Synthesis,structure, and certain transformations of S-(o-carboran-9-yl) diphenylthiophosphinite

S-(o-Carboran-9-yl) diphenylthiophosphinite was obtained for the first time, and its structure and transformations were studied. A series of esters of thio- dithio-and selenothiophosphinic acids have been synthesized and complexes of tungsten and manganese were obtained containing the carboranylthiophosphinite ligand.A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Heteroorganic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 180–186, January, 1992.