“…At about the same time, reactivity of the isomeric (phosphinomethyl)phenyl (Ph 2 PCH 2 C 6 H 4 −) system was investigated and found to yield ( o -((diphenylphosphino)methyl)phenyl)trimethylsilane ( o -Ph 2 PCH 2 C 6 H 4 SiMe 3 ) on quenching with chlorotrimethylsilane. Very recently, by the adoption of the reverse approach to P−C bond formation, treatment of chlorodiphenylphosphine with the (silylmethyl)phenyl Grignard reagents o -(RCH 2 )C 6 H 4 MgBr (R = SiMe 2 H, SiMeH 2 ) was examined by Ang et al For either R, however, it was found that this procedure resulted in formation of an inseparable mixture of two positional isomers, viz the ( o -phosphinobenzyl)silane (Ph 2 PC 6 H 4 CH 2 R) together with the corresponding ( o -(phosphinomethyl)phenyl)silane (Ph 2 PCH 2 C 6 H 4 R). Subsequent addition of these isomeric mixtures to triosmium dodecacarbonyl afforded altogether six novel ( o -phosphinobenzyl)silyl− and ( o −(phosphinomethyl)phenyl)silyl−triosmium carbonyl clusters {Os 3 (μ-H)(CO) 10 (μ-SiR 1 R 2 C 6 H 4 CH 2 PPh 2 ), Os 3 (μ-H)(CO) 10 (μ-SiR 1 R 2 CH 2 C 6 H 4 PPh 2 ), or Os 3 (μ-H) 3 (CO) 8 (μ-SiR 1 R 2 C 6 H 4 CH 2 PPh 2 ) for R 1 = R 2 = Me or R 1 = Me, R 2 = H}, which were separated by preparative thin-layer chromatography and then high-performance liquid chromatography.…”