Hydrozirconation by means of[Cp
2ZrHCl]
n (
2) ofphospholenePhPCH
2CH=CHCH
2(
1)leads to the
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-zirconated phospholane
3 which reacts withphosphenium saltsR
2P
+OSO
2CF
3-(
4, R = N
iPr
2;
5, R = NCy
2) to give unsaturated acyclic1,1-diphosphines
6 or
7.Compound
3 also reacts with other electrophiles like[CH
2=NMe
2]Cl,
tBuCOCl, orHOSO
2CF
3 leadingto unsaturated phosphinesPhP(R)(CH
2)
2CH=CH
2,
8 (R = CH
2NMe
2),
9(R = C(O)
tBu), or
10 (R = H), respectively. Hydrozirconation of2,5-dihydrofuran (
12) or 2,3-dihydrofuran(
13) affords the acyclic zirconated speciesCp
2Zr(Cl)O(CH
2)
2CH=CH
2(
15), which reacts with
4, Ph
2PCl,[CH
2=NMe
2]Cl, PhCOCl, orHOSO
2CF
3 to give, via exchange reactions,thecorresponding substituted olefines
16-20. Treatmentof
12 or
13 with 2 equiv of
2 leadstodizirconated compoundCp
2Zr(Cl)O(CH
2)
4Zr(Cl)Cp
2(
21) which reacts with Ph
2PCl (2equiv)to give the phosphino-phosphinitePh
2PO(CH
2)
4PPh
2(
22) isolated as its disulfide
23.2-Methyl-4,5-dihydrofuran (
24) treated first with 2equiv of
2 and then with 2 equiv ofPh
2PCl affords the phosphino-phosphinitePh
2PO(CH
2)
5PPh
2(
26). Hydrozirconation of 2,5-dimethoxy-2,5-dihydrofuran (
28) with 2 equiv of
2gives rise to Cp
2Zr(OMe)Cl (
31)andCp
2Zr(Cl)O(CH
2)
2CH=CHOMe(
33), which react further with Ph
2PCl (2equiv) leading tophosphinites Ph
2POMe (
34) andPh
2PO(CH
2)
2CH=CHOMe(
35). Addition of
2 to 1-benzyl-3-pyrroline (
36) allows the formation of the
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-zirconatednitrogen five-membered ringPhCH
2N(CH
2)
2CH(ZrCp
2Cl)CH
2(
37).
37 reacts with Ph
2PClgiving rise to the acyclicaminophosphinePh
2PN(CH
2Ph)(CH
2)
2CH=CH
2(
38) and to a substitute pyrroline
39.Derivative
37 also reacts with
4 to give thesaturated nitrogen heterocycle
42, while itreactswith PhCOCl or HOSO
2CF
3 to afford thecorresponding linear speciesPhC(O)N(CH
2Ph)(CH
2)
2CH=CH
2 (
44)or the amineHN(CH
2Ph)(CH
2)
2CH=CH
2(
45). Hydrozirconation of
38followed by addition of Ph
2PCl and then addition ofS
8 gives the aminophosphine-phosphinedisulfidePh
2P(S)N(CH
2Ph)(CH
2)
4P(S)Ph
2(
46). Hydrozirconation of oxygensix-memberedrings such as 3,4-dihydro-2
H-pyran (
53) and2-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2
H-pyran (
55)isdiscussed as well as the hydrozirconation of a seven-membered ring,cis-dihydro-1,3-dioxepin(
62). The behavior of 3-sila- (
47) or3-boracyclopentene (
48) is also presented.