A bulky secondary phosphine with an alkynyl substituent was prepared and shown to undergo catalytic hydrophosphination to give cyclic oligomers.

In the title compound, [Cu(NCS)(C3H9PS)] n , the thio-cyanate ions bind the Cu(I) atoms covalently, forming infinite -Cu-SCN-Cu- chains parallel to the a axis. Each Cu(I) atom is also coordinated to a tri-methyl-phosphine sulfide group via a Cu-S bond. Two crystallographically independent chains propagate in opposite directions, and are held together in a ribbon arrangement by long bonds betwee...

of the phosphorus-oxygen bond renders reduction irreversible. Because trialkylphosphines are kinetically stable in aqueous solution, selective for the reduction of the disulfide linkage, and unreactive toward many other functional groups, they are attractive as reducing agents in biochemical systems. Their utility has been limited by the low solubility of most simple trialkylphosphines in water...

The total internal partition function of ammonia (NH3) and phosphine (PH3) are calculated as a function of temperature by explicit summation of 153 million (for PH3) and 7.5 million (for NH3) theoretical rotation-vibrational energy levels. High accuracy estimates are obtained for the specific heat capacity, Cp, the Gibbs enthalpy function, gef, the Helmholtz function, hcf, and the entropy, S, o...

The synthesis and structure of palladium complexes of trisubstituted PTA derivatives, PTA(R3), are described. Water-soluble phosphine ligands 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadmantane (PTA), tris(aminomethyl)phosphine trihydrobromide, tri(aminomethyl) phosphine, 3,7-dimethyl-1,5,7-triaza-3-phosphabicyclo[3,3,1]nonane (RO-PTA), 3,7-diacetyl-1,3,7-triaza-5-phosphabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (DAPTA), lithium 1,3,5...

Five S-alkyl di-tert-butylphosphorylated carbodithioates, Z–C(S)SR, were studied as chain transfer agents (CTAs) in the RAFT polymerization of vinyl monomers. These phosphorus-containing CTAs involve new PIII and PV moieties Z group (phosphine-borane or free phosphine). Two them, with an S-bonded 1-methoxycarbonylethyl leaving group, have not previously been described. The a provide good contro...