Tetrahedron

The reactions of triphenyl-phosphine and-arsine with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate

JB Hendrickson, RE Spenger, JJ Sims

Index: Hendrickson,J.B. et al. Tetrahedron, 1963 , vol. 19, p. 707 - 713

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Abstract

The phosphine reaction of the title is shown to afford the true pentacovalent phosphole, not a zwitterionic product, but the arsine reaction takes a different course, yielding the acyclic dimethyl triphenylarsenylidene-oxalacetate (VI). Various facets of the chemistry of these systems are reported.