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Keywords:

  • hydrolysis;
  • iodine;
  • phosphorus;
  • polyphosphanes;
  • ruthenium
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Double stabilization: Previously unknown polyphosphorus compounds are obtained by activation of white phosphorus (P4) coordinated between two CpRu(PPh3)2 moieties with iodine, and subsequent hydrolysis. The polyphosphorus compounds (P4H2I, P4H2, P3H5; see scheme, Cp=cyclopentadienyl) are all stabilized by coordination to two ruthenium centers.