The phosphinoalkynes Ph
2PC
CR (R =H, Me, CF
3, Bu
t, Ph, and PPh
2)behave as tertiaryphosphines in their reactions with the dirhodium complex(
5-C
5H
5)
2Rh
2(
-CO)(
-
2:
2-CF
3C
2CF
3) (
1). All six addition products(
5-C
5H
5)
2Rh
2(CO)(
-
1:
1-CF
3C
2CF
3)(
1-Ph
2PC
CR)(
4)have been isolated and fully characterized. Thebis(diphenylphosphino)alkynePh
2PC
CPPh
2also forms a tetranuclear complex (
5) in which eachphosphorus coordinates to a dirhodiumunit. With the exception of
4 when R = H, the solidcomplexes are relatively stable. However,when solutions of two of the complexes (R = Me, Ph) are left in thepresence of both silicaand oxygen, there is oxygen transfer to an alkyne carbon accompanied byan intramolecularcondensation reaction to generate a phosphino-enone ligand. Thestructure of one of theseoxidation products,(
5-C
5H
5)
2Rh
2(
-C(CF
3)C(CF
3)C{C(O)R}PPh
2)(
6, R = Ph), has beenestablished by X-ray crystallography. Prior oxidation of thephosphinoalkynes to give Ph
2P(O)C
CR and subsequent reaction with
1 leads to theformation of typical alkyne additionproducts.