“…The 1,3,5-trimethylpyrazole substituted bromophosphine (1 and 2) were prepared following a previously published protocol. 15 Due to the π-rich character of a pyrazol ring, PBr 3 can directly react with 1,3,5-trimethylpyrazole in the presence of pyridine, which acts as both a solvent and an acid acceptor, leading to the corresponding phosphorylation products 1 and 2. After a standard reaction of 1 (or 2) with the corresponding analogues of 2-aminobiphenyl, in the presence of triethylamine, the resulting crude phosphinylamine (phosphonyldiamine) directly reacted with stoichiometric amount of S 8 , giving the desired compounds 1a–1h (or 2a–2h) ( Fig.…”