Preparation and Characterization of Phenyl Phosphine Diselenide - The Monomeric Form of Woollins' Reagent

Isolation and Characterization of the Free Phenylphosphinidene Chalcogenides C6 H5 P=O and C6 H5 P=S, the Phosphorous Analogues of Nitrosobenzene and Thionitrosobenzene

The structures and reactivities of organic phosphinidene chalcogenides have been mainly inferred from trapping or complexation experiments. Phosphinidene chalcogenide derivatives appear to be an elusive family of molecules that have been suggested as reactive intermediates in multiple organophosphorus reactions. The quest to isolate "free" phosphinidene chalcogenides remains a challenge in the field. Here, we present the synthesis, IR, and UV/Vis spectroscopic identification of hitherto elusive phenylphosphinidene oxide and phenylphosphinidene sulfide from the corresponding phosphonic diazide precursors. We isolated these higher congeners of nitroso- and thionitrosobenzene in argon matrices at 10 K. The spectral assignments are supported by B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,3pd) and MP2/cc-pVTZ computations.

Photochemical reactions of triplet phenylphosphinidene with carbon monoxide and nitric oxide

Here we report the photochemical reactions of triplet phenylphosphinidene with carbon monoxide and nitric oxide. The photolysis of phenylphosphirane in carbon monoxide-doped matrices enabled the first spectroscopic identification of phenylphosphaketene, the hitherto unreported phosphorus analogue of phenyl isocyanate. The hitherto undisclosed phosphinimine-N-oxyl radical formed upon UV irradiation of the phenylphosphinidene with nitric oxide in argon matrices at 10 K.