Etude de la reactivite du tris(tertiobutyl)phenyldithiophosphorane

Heating of tris(tertiobutyl)phenyldithiophosphorane gives rise to an isomer with a tetracoordinated phosphorus atom. The action of triphenylphosphine loads to a tricyclophosphathiane which can be transformed in diphosphene by an excess of triphenylphosphine. Reactions with various nucleophilic derivatives (pyridine, triethylamine, diethylamine, butylamine, water, tetraphenylarsonium chloride) are described.