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1;Science of Synthesis - Volume 42: Organophosphorus Compounds (incl. RO---P and RN---P);1 1.1;Title page;3 1.2;Imprint;5 1.3;Preface;6 1.4;Volume Editor's Preface;8 1.5;Overview;10 1.6;Table of Contents;12 1.7;Introduction;48 1.8;42.1 Product Class 1: Phosphinidenes and Terminal Phosphinidene Complexes;62 1.8.1;42.1.1 Product Subclass 1: Free Phosphinidenes;62 1.8.1.1;42.1.1.1 Synthesis of Product Subclass 1;63 1.8.1.1.1;42.1.1.1.1 Method 1: Elimination;63 1.8.1.1.1.1;42.1.1.1.1.1 Variation 1: Thermal Generation;63 1.8.1.1.1.2;42.1.1.1.1.2 Variation 2: Photolytic Generation;63 1.8.1.1.2;42.1.1.1.2 Method 2: Reduction;64 1.8.1.1.3;42.1.1.1.3 Method 3: Phospha-Wittig Reagents;64 1.8.1.2;42.1.1.2 Applications of Product Subclass 1 in Organic Synthesis;65 1.8.1.2.1;42.1.1.2.1 Method 1: Trapping Reactions;65 1.8.2;42.1.2 Product Subclass 2: Neutral Electrophilic Phosphinidene Complexes;66 1.8.2.1;42.1.2.1 Synthesis of Product Subclass 2;67 1.8.2.1.1;42.1.2.1.1 Method 1: Cheletropic Elimination;67 1.8.2.1.1.1;42.1.2.1.1.1 Variation 1: From 7-Phosphanorbornadienes;67 1.8.2.1.1.2;42.1.2.1.1.2 Variation 2: From Phosphiranes;69 1.8.2.1.1.3;42.1.2.1.1.3 Variation 3: From Phosphirenes;69 1.8.2.1.2;42.1.2.1.2 Method 2: Salt Metathesis;70 1.8.2.2;42.1.2.2 Applications of Product Subclass 2 in Organic Synthesis;71 1.8.2.2.1;42.1.2.2.1 Method 1: Trapping Reactions;71 1.8.3;42.1.3 Product Subclass 3: Cationic Electrophilic Phosphinidene Complexes;71 1.8.3.1;42.1.3.1 Synthesis of Product Subclass 3;71 1.8.3.1.1;42.1.3.1.1 Method 1: Chloride Abstraction;71 1.8.4;42.1.4 Product Subclass 4: Nucleophilic Phosphinidene Complexes;72 1.8.4.1;42.1.4.1 Synthesis of Product Subclass 4;72 1.8.4.1.1;42.1.4.1.1 Method 1: Salt Metathesis/Elimination;72 1.8.4.1.1.1;42.1.4.1.1.1 Variation 1: Of Metal Hydrides;73 1.8.4.1.1.2;42.1.4.1.1.2 Variation 2: Of Alkali Metal Phosphides;73 1.8.4.1.1.3;42.1.4.1.1.3 Variation 3: Of Transition Metal Phosphides;75 1.8.4.1.2;42.1.4.1.2 Method 2: Addition/Elimination;76 1.8.4.1.3;42.1.4.1.3 Method 3: Dehydrohalogenation/Ligation;77 1.8.4.1.4;42.1.4.1.4 Method 4: a-Hydrogen Migration;78 1.8.4.1.5;42.1.4.1.5 Method 5: Oxidation/Deprotonation;79 1.8.4.2;42.1.4.2 Applications of Product Subclass 4 in Organic Synthesis;80 1.8.4.2.1;42.1.4.2.1 Method 1: Phosphinidene-Transfer Reactions;80 1.9;42.2 Product Class 2: Oxo-, Thioxo-, Selenoxo-, and Iminophosphines and Diphosphenes;84 1.9.1;42.2.1 Product Subclass 1: Oxophosphines;84 1.9.1.1;42.2.1.1 Synthesis of Product Subclass 1;84 1.9.1.1.1;42.2.1.1.1 Method 1: Elimination Reactions;84 1.9.1.1.2;42.2.1.1.2 Method 2: Cycloreversion Reactions;85 1.9.2;42.2.2 Product Subclass 2: Thioxophosphines and Selenoxophosphines;86 1.9.2.1;42.2.2.1 Synthesis of Product Subclass 2;87 1.9.2.1.1;42.2.2.1.1 Method 1: Elimination Reactions;87 1.9.2.1.2;42.2.2.1.2 Method 2: Cycloreversion Reactions;87 1.9.2.1.3;42.2.2.1.3 Methods 3: Miscellaneous Reactions;89 1.9.3;42.2.3 Product Subclass 3: Iminophosphines;91 1.9.3.1;42.2.3.1 Synthesis of Product Subclass 3;91 1.9.3.1.1;42.2.3.1.1 Method 1: Elimination Reactions;91 1.9.3.1.2;42.2.3.1.2 Method 2: Substitution Reactions;92 1.9.3.1.3;42.2.3.1.3 Method 3: Cycloreversion Reactions;93 1.9.4;42.2.4 Product Subclass 4: Diphosphenes;94 1.9.4.1;42.2.4.1 Synthesis of Product Subclass 4;94 1.9.4.1.1;42.2.4.1.1 Method 1: Elimination and/or Condensation Reactions;94 1.9.4.1.2;42.2.4.1.2 Method 2: Rearrangement Reactions;98 1.9.4.1.3;42.2.4.1.3 Method 3: Substitution Reactions;99 1.9.5;42.2.5 Product Subclass 5: Heteroatom-Substituted Diphosphenes;100 1.9.6;42.2.6 Product Subclass 6: Stereodefined Diphosphenes;101 1.9.7;42.2.7 Product Subclass 7: Heteroatom-Substituted Iminophosphines;103 1.9.7.1;42.2.7.1 Synthesis of Product Subclass 7;103 1.9.7.1.1;42.2.7.1.1 Method 1: Elimination Reactions;103 1.9.7.1.2;42.2.7.1.2 Method 2: Substitution Reactions;105 1.9.8;42.2.8 Product Subclass 8: Tetraphosphenes;105 1