The
synthesis of sterically demanding 2,6-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)phenyl
(Ter)-stabilized and H-substituted diphosphanes TerHP–PR2 (4a–4c) via conversion of
the phosphide TerPHK (2) with secondary chlorophosphanes
ClPR2 (3a–3c, where R
= iPr, Ph, and tBu, respectively)
is described. The diphosphanes 4a–4c were deprotonated using KH in tetrahydrofuran, selectively yielding
the potassium phosphinophosphides K[TerP–PR2] (5a–5c). These phosphinophosphides are
stable in solution as well as in the solid state and can be further
functionalized via salt-metathesis reactions. Reaction with organosilyl
halides selectively yields the silylated diphosphanes Ter(SiR1
2R2)P–P(iPr)2 (6a and 6b, where R1 = R2 = CH3 and R1 = CH3, R2 = Ph, respectively), whereas conversion with chlorophosphanes
selectively yields the triphosphanes R1
2P–P(Ter)–P(iPr)2 (7a and 7b, where
R = iPr and Ph, respectively).