The regioselective photochemical rearrangement of α-[PNtBu]4

Henrike Bladt; Silvia Gonzalez Calera; Jonathan M. Goodman; Robert J. Less; Vesal Naseri; Alexander Steiner; Dominic S. Wright

doi:10.1039/B914370J

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The regioselective photochemical rearrangement of α-[PN^tBu]₄†

Henrike Bladt,^a Silvia Gonzalez Calera,^a Jonathan M. Goodman,^a Robert J. Less,*^a Vesal Naseri,^a Alexander Steiner^b and Dominic S. Wright*^a

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^a Chemistry Department, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK
E-mail: dsw1000@cam.ac.uk, rjl1003@cam.ac.uk

^b Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, UK

Abstract

The photochemical dyotropic (two-bond shift) rearrangement of the phosphazane cage α-[PN^tBu]₄ (1α) into the isomer β-[PN^tBu]₄ (1β) occurs via a multi-step radical mechanism; the structures of the α and β isomers are directly analogous to isovalent α- and β-As₄S₄ and P₄S₄.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B914370J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 16 Jul 2009
Accepted: 07 Sep 2009
First published: 25 Sep 2009

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Chem. Commun., 2009, 6637-6639

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The regioselective photochemical rearrangement of α-[PN^tBu]₄

H. Bladt, S. Gonzalez Calera, J. M. Goodman, R. J. Less, V. Naseri, A. Steiner and D. S. Wright, Chem. Commun., 2009, 6637 DOI: 10.1039/B914370J

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