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Hans-Wolfram Lerner1, Matthias Wagner, Michael Bolte
1Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Marie-Curie-Strasse 11, 60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Abstract:
The tetraphosphides (tBu3Si)3P4M3 (M = Li, Na) and (tBu2PhSi)3P4Na3 have been synthesized in high yield from the reaction of 3 equivalents of the silanides tBu3SiM (M = Li, Na) and tBu2PhSiNa with P4 in benzene. (tBu3Si)3P4M3 (M = Li, Na) are transformed into the unsaturated triphosphides (tBu3Si)2P3M (M = Li, Na) and tBu3SiPM2 in tetrahydrofuran at ambient temperature.
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