Kinetics and mechanism of the addition of triphenylphosphoniocyclopentadienide to tetrachloro-p-benzoquinone

Abstract

The kinetics and mechanism of the reaction of triphenylphosphoniocyclopentadienide 1 with tetrac h loro-pbenzoqu i none (c h loranil 2a) to yield 2,3,5tric h loro-6 -(3 -trip henylp hosp horany I idenecyclopenta-l,4-dienyl) -p-benzoquinone 3 in dichloromethane solution are reported. The rate Paper 1/02559G