Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei
The aminophosphine C6H4(o-CN)NHPPh2, 1, containing an electron-withdrawing nitrile group, was prepared from the lithiation of 2-aminobenzonitrile followed by addition of Ph2PCl. Lithiation of 1 using (BuLi)-Bu-n affords the anion [Ph2PN(Li)C6H4(o-CN)(thf)] ...
2003