Access to ligand-stabilized PH-containing phosphenium complexes

Abstract

While the chemistry of phosphenium compounds, including metal complexes thereof, is very well established, very few derivatives having a P-H bond have been described, yet. This work describes a rational...

Internal Coulombic assistance in intermolecular frustrated Lewis pair activation of dihydrogen

“…Another approach to analyse dative bonding arises from the representation of the Laplacian of the electron density along the bond path. 27 The ∇ 2 ρ function shows a pronounced sharp minimum, which is a valence shell charge concentration (VSCC) band corresponding to the electron donor atom of the ligand, VSCC C for 3 C a as a case in point (Fig. S3, ESI†), and another shoulder attributable to the associated acceptor Si atom (VSCC Si ).…”

A metal and a metalloid Lewis acid bridged by a μ2-phosphinidene

“…We recently reported on the synthesis of the donor-stabilised, neutral, electrophilic, terminal phosphinidene complex adduct 1 21 and we showed that the phosphorus centre in N-donor adducts can be protonated by Brønsted–Lowry acids, but only in the case of superacids were N-donor adducts of P–H phosphenium complexes formed. 22…”