Reactions of methylphosphaalkyne, P
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rmene, R″
2Ge
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2 (R″ = −CH(SiMe
3)
2), and two distannenes, R″
2Sn
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2 and A
r′
2Sn
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r′
2 (A
r′ = C
6H
2P
ri3-2,4,6), have given mode
rate to high yields of the fi
rst b
ridged 2,3,5,6-tet
raphospha-1,4-dimethylidenecyclohexanes, [R
2E{C(Me)(H)PC(
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2)P}]
2 (R = R″ o
r A
r′, E = Sn o
r Ge), all of which have been st
ructu
rally cha
racte
rized. Thei
r mechanisms of fo
rmation a
re thought to involve successive [2 + 1] and [2 + 2] phosphaalkyne cycloaddition, hete
rocycle
rea
rrangement, phosphaalkene/vinylphosphine tautome
rization, and inte
rmolecula
r hyd
rophosphination
reactions. In one
reaction, two inte
rmediates have been spect
roscopically obse
rved and one t
rapped by coo
rdination to one o
r two W(CO)
5 f
ragments, yielding the fi
rst diphosphage
rmole complexes, {[W(CO)
5}
1or2{R″
2Ge[C(Me)PC(Me)P]}], which have been st
ructu
rally cha
racte
rized. Diffe
rences between the
reactivities of P
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t a
re highlighted.