Beiträge zur Chemie des Phosphors. 224. Zur Thermolyse von 1,2-Di-tert-butyldiphosphan, 1,2,3-Tri-tert-butyltriphosphan und Tetra-tert-butylcyclotetraphosphan

Contributions to the Chemistry of Phosphorus. 224. On the Thermolysis of 1,2-Di-tert-butyldiphosphane, 1,2,3-Tri-tert-butyltriphosphane, and Tetra-tert-butylcyclotetraphosphane On disproportionation of 1,2-di-tert-butyldiphosphane, H(t-Bu)P? P(t-Bu)H (1) , 1,2,3-tri-tert-butyltriphosphane, H₂(t-BuP)₃ (2) , is formed which reacts further at temperatures above 100°C to give 1-(tert-butylphosphino)-2,3,4-tri-tert-butylcyclotetraphosphan, P₅(t-Bu)₄H (4) . Compound 4 reacts with 1 or 2 with lengthening of the P-sidechain to furnish the corresponding 1-(1,2-di-tert-butyldiphosphino)-2,3,4-tri-tert-butylcyclotetraphosphane, P₆(t-Bu)₅H (5) . At temperatures above 170°C, 5 disproportionates into the tetra-tert-butylcyclotetraphosphane, (t-BuP)₄ (3) which is stable up to about 200°C, and the bicyclo[3.1.0]hexaphosphane P₆(t-Bu)₄ from which the polycyclophosphanes P₉(t-Bu)₃ and P₈(t-Bu)₆ arise during the further course of the thermolysis. These products are finally converted through even more phosphorus-rich and more highly condensed t-butylcyclophosphanes into elemental phosphorus. In each reaction step, varying amounts of the monophosphane derivatives t-BuPH₂, (t-Bu)₂PH, and (t-Bu)₃P are formed. The proposed course of the reaction is further substantiated by the pyrolysis products of pure 2 and 3 .