Nordheider A, Chivers T, Thirumoorthi R, Vargas-Baca I, Woollins JD. Planar P(6)E(6) (E = Se, S) macrocycles incorporating P(2)N(2) scaffolds.
Chem Commun (Camb) 2012;
48:6346. [PMID:
22618573 DOI:
10.1039/c2cc32809g]
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Abstract
Oxidation of alkali metal derivatives of the dianions [E((t)BuN)P(μ-N(t)Bu)(2)P(N(t)Bu)E](2-) (E = S, Se) with I(2) produces 15-membered macrocycles in which a planar P(6)E(6) motif is stabilised by perpendicular P(2)N(2) scaffolds.
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