The reaction of magnesium chloride with two equivalents of sodium phosphaethynolate, Na[OCP]·(dioxane) 2.5 ( 1), yields a magnesium diphosphaethynolate complex, [(THF) 4Mg(OCP) 2] ( 3 ).
The reaction of magnesium chloride with two equivalents of sodium phosphaethynolate, Na[OCP]·(dioxane) 2.5 ( 1), yields a magnesium diphosphaethynolate complex, [(THF) 4Mg(OCP) 2] ( 3). The formation of compound 3 goes through a monosubstituted chloromagnesium phosphaethynolate Mg(OCP)Cl ( 2). The structure of 3 was determined via a single crystal X-ray diffraction study. For comparison, we also report the structure of a monomeric sodium phosphaethynolate complex, [Na(OCP)(dibenzo-18-crown-6)] ( 4).