Synthesis with cyclization on the phosphorus

The most direct synthesis is performed by reaction of a dihalo compound with a tricoordinated phosphorus compound including a reactive P—Y bond (reaction 101). This synthesis, first used with secondary phosphines, the corresponding phosphides or diphosphines (Y = H, Na, K, PPh2)2b,38°, has subsequently been developed also with silylphosphines (Y = SiMe3),132,381-383 which are easier to handle (reaction 102). The same kind of cyclization by intramolecular alkylation can be achieved using a functional phosphine prepared in a multi-step synthesis380,384,385 (reaction 103). 

The reaction of a diphosphine with a dihalo compound, resulting in the formation of a di- or tetra-phosphonium salt2c, is a special case because if fits well with a cyclization on phosphorus, but also at the same time with a cyclization between two chains already linked to the second phosphorus (reaction 102). Another kind of ring closure on the phosphorus results from the biphilic character of halophosphines toward dienic392 or acetylenic28,393 systems (reaction 105). 

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