Beiträge zur Chemie des Phosphors. 142. P6(t-Bu)5H – das erste Cyclotetraphosphan mit P2-Seitenkette

Contributions to the Chemistry of Phosphorus. 142. P₆(t-Bu)₅H – the First Cyclotetraphosphane with a P₂ Side Chain The thermolysis of 1, 2-di-tert-butyldiphosphane, H(t-Bu)P? P(t-Bu)H, leads to formation of the hitherto unknown hexaphosphane P₆(t-Bu)₅H ( 1 ). In the first instance the iso-P₅H₅ derivative P₅(t-Bu)₄H [3] is formed, which reacts further with H₂(t-BuP)₂ or H₂(t-BuP)₃ yielding 1 . Compound 1 has been isolated in the pure state and structurally characterized as 1-(1,2-di-tert-butyldiphosphino)-2, 3, 4-tri-tert-butyl-cyclotetraphosphane, i. e. as a four-membered ring compound with a P₂ side chain. Due to the chirality of the P atoms in the side chain, 1 exists as a mixture of two configurational isomers, the threo-and the erythro-form.