1. Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Fax: (+31)?20‐598‐7488;2. Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
Abstract:
Do the twist : The reaction of in situ generated phosphinidenes with phosphaalkynes is a facile route to the new metal‐coordinated η3‐diphosphavinylcarbene 1 , which shows facile ligand‐exchange reactions and undergoes an unprecedented rearrangement that involves phosphinidene complex 2 and η3‐phosphaalkenylphosphinidene complex 3 , the 1,3 isomer of 1 .