Synfacts 2010(5): 0538-0538  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219687
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Self-Assembled Cryptands with Sulfur-Phosphorus Bonds

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Joel Batson
V. M. Cangelosi, L. N. Zakharov, D. W. Johnson*
University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
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Publication Date:
22 April 2010 (online)

Significance

Having previously reported the ­synthesis of arsenic- and antimony-containing cryptands, the bismuth-containing cryptand now being reported, is one of the first prepared via the self-assembly reaction described above. The ‘transmetalation’ of the antimony-containing cryptand provides facile access to a stable, phosphorous-containing cryptand with phosphorus now taking the place of the metal.