“…Normally, these compounds are prepared in a two-step process, first by reacting BiPh 3 with chlorine or bromine to produce Ph 3 BiX 2 followed by reaction with an alkali-metal salt of an appropriate anionic ligand . Several examples of BiPh 3 (O 2 CR) 2 have been reported previously (R = Me, , Et, Ph, , Bu, CHCH 2 , Me(CH 2 ) 8 , Me(CH 2 ) 10 , oxalate, p -OHC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH 2 , Cl 3 C, ClCH 2 , BrCH 2 , F 3 C, 3-MeC 6 H 4 , 4-MeC 6 H 4 , 2-AcOC 6 H 4 , F 5 C 6 , 3,4,5-F C 6 H 2 , C 3 H 5 ). Bi(V) compounds have been studied extensively as aryl transfer reagents in organic synthesis. − We have presumed that the reaction proceeds through the intermediacy of Ph 3 BiO, but attempts to isolate that compound or to detect it spectroscopically in solution were not successful.…”