“…Colorless, microcrystalline, air-and moisture-sensitive, oligomeric dilithium supersilylphosphanediide 3 b, which is insoluble in pentane and sparingly soluble in benzene and toluene, also precipitated as microcrystals on cooling of toluene solutions; however, these crystals were not suitable for X-ray structure analysis. 1 very broad signal (h 1/2 1243 Hz) with five maxima at d À 395.5, À 397.0, À 400.0, À 404.5, À 406.5; 7 Li NMR (C 6 D 6 , LiCl in D 2 O external): d 6.6 (h 1/2 130 Hz; Li 2 PR*). Notes: 1) According to NMR spectroscopy (C 6 D 6 ), after Li 2 PR* (0.230 g, 0.94 mmol) and Me 3 SiCl (4.0 mmol) in C 6 D 6 (1 mL) had been heated to 100 8C for three days, complete conversion had occurred to supersilylbis(trimethylsilyl)phosphane R*P(SiMe 3 ) 2 , which, after removal of insoluble components and volatile components, remained as a colorless, air-and moisture-sensitive solid.…”