John F. Nixon

TL;DR: In this article, two synthetic routes to the new aromatic 1,2,4-aza-diphosphole ring system P2C2Bu(t)2NR (R = Pr(i), Pr, Ph, MeC6H4, Bu(t), CH2 and cyclohexyl) were presented and the planar structure of P2c2bu(t)-2NPh, established by a single crystal X-ray diffraction study, is in good agreement with theoretical calculations at the B3LYP/6-311G*

TL;DR: In this paper, the first high-precision, low-temperature, X-ray diffraction study on a phosphaalkyne reveals that the lone pair electrons are located much closer to the P atom than in the related phosphalkene, and furthermore there is a significant excess electron density on the sp-hybridised C atom, thus readily explaining the remarkable preferential protonation at C rather than at P in spite of the presence of the lone-pair electrons.

TL;DR: In this article, a transition state involving η2 co-ordination of a P-C bond to [Pd(dppe)] is obtained from an analysis of the insertion of fragments into (E)- and (Z)-[W(CO)5(PPh-CHPh-ChPh)] complexes.

TL;DR: The oligomerisation of tert-butylphosphaalkyne, tBuC[triple bond, length as m-dash]P, mediated by Cu(I) complexes yields an unprecedented C4P5 cage compound, which is stabilised in a matrix of copper( I) iodide.

TL;DR: In this paper, the hexaphospha-pentaprismane cage, P6C4tBu4, is characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and single crystal X-ray diffraction studies.