P<sup>I</sup> and P<sup>III</sup> Ions Supported by BZIMPY Ligands
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Abstract
Abstract We report a class of compounds in which both P III −X and P I forms featuring the same ligand are stable and readily cycled with each other. A series of P III −X (X=Cl, Br, I) dicationic triflate salts supported by benzyl‐ and allyl‐substituted 2,6‐bis(benzimidazole‐2‐yl)pyridine (BZIMPY) ligands is synthesized. Surprisingly, treatment of these with R 3 PO (R=Et, Oct) results in reduction to BZIMPY‐ligated P I monocationic triflate salts while treatment with Ph 3 P reduces but also substitutes the compound to produce Ph 3 P‐BZIMPY‐ligated P I dicationic triflate salts. The mechanisms of these surprising reductions are probed experimentally and rationalized computationally. The P III −X dications are shown to be strong Lewis acids both experimentally and computationally and to readily behave as X + , PX, and P + transfer agents in reactions with phosphines, NHCs, and diazabutadienes. The P I mono‐ and dications are shown to be very effective P + transfer agents when treated similarly. Oxidation from a monocationic P I salt back to the dicationic P III −X (X=Cl, Br) salt was achieved by treatment with N‐chlorosuccinimide (NCS) or N‐bromosuccinimide (NBS). Full characterization is reported using multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and single‐crystal X‐ray diffractometry where suitable crystals were isolated.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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