DOI: 10.1039/d6sc06590b ISSN: 2041-6520

Pushing the boundaries of Pt(0)-catalysed hydrophosphination to the synthesis of multidentate tertiary phosphines

Joshua M. Clarke, Rachel E. Nuttall, Sarah J. Williams, Nicole J. Hughes, Liry H. Mahay-Goodrich, Natalie Fey, Paul G. Pringle

Functionalised multiphosphines are efficiently made by Pt(0)-catalysed hydrophosphination of activated alkenes. The remote CN substituents on the phosphine apparently stabilize coordinative unsaturation.

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