A crystalline phosphenium salt featuring the electron-withdrawing 2,6-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl group

Dumitrescu A, Gornitzka H, Schoeller W, Bourissou D, Bertrand G. A crystalline phosphenium salt featuring the electron-withdrawing 2,6-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl group. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 2002;(8):1953-1956.The presence of a sigma-withdrawing group such as the 2,6-bis-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl substituent does not prevent the isolation of a highly electrophilic phosphenium salt, ((C) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2002)