Formation of novel polycyclic P-S-P linked complex through an unexpected stepwise [4+4] cycloaddition.

• Main Author: Lin, Yu Han.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry::Organometallic compounds
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39408
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this project we wish to report our findings on the synthesis of a P-S-P linked bidentate ligand, compound 1 from the precursor, bis[(3,4-dimethylphosphole) pentacarbonyltungsten]sulfide, 2. While in the preparation of compound 2, it was discovered that undergoes a [2+2] cycloaddition to form 3, f...