“…Pyrylium salts 2a-c were obtained by Brønsted acid mediated condensation of chalcones with acetophenones. 4,5 Phosphabenzenes 3a-c 5 and (S)-(1,1¢-binaphthyl-2,2¢-dioxy)chlorophosphine (4) 7 were prepared by literature procedures. 3 J C,P = 0.9 Hz, C6), 125.2 (d, 3 J C,P = 18.5 Hz, C10¢¢¢), 125.9 (C6¢¢¢ a ), 126.0 (d, 3 J C,P = 13.0 Hz, 2 C, C2¢¢), 126.2 (C7¢¢¢ a ), 127.2 (d, 4 J C,P = 1.5 Hz, C5), 127.5 (C3¢¢¢), 127.6 (C4¢), 127.6 (d, 5 J C,P = 1.5 Hz, C4¢¢), 128.1 (d, 6 J C,P = 1.2 Hz, C5¢¢¢), 128.2 (C8¢¢¢), 128.5 (d, 4 J C,P = 0.9 Hz, 2 C, C3¢¢), 128.9 (2 C, C2¢), 129.1 (2 C, C3¢), 131.6 (d, 2 J C,P = 39.1 Hz, C3), 132.8 (d, J C,P = 1.5 Hz, C4¢¢¢ b ), 133.5 (d, Mg turnings (0.45 g, 18.52 mmol, 2.2 equiv) were suspended in a soln of phosphabenzene 3c (3.00 g, 8.47 mmol, 1.0 equiv) in THF (50 mL) and a small amount of 1-bromo-2-fluorobenzene (0.20 mL of a total of 1.93 mL, 3.09 g, 17.66 mmol, 2.1 equiv) was added to start the reaction.…”