Unexpected Staudinger reaction of α-azidoacetonitriles α-phenyl substituted with triphenylphosphine. Preparation, X-ray crystal and molecular structures of a phosphazine, an aminophosphonium carbanion salt and a phosphazide, with (Z)-configuration
Staudinger reaction of α-azidophenylacetonitrile with triphenylphosphine in 1:2 molar ratio provides the triphenylphosphazine 4 derived from α-diazophenylacetonitrile, whereas in 2:1 molar ratio the final product is found to be the aminotriphenylphosphonium salt of phenylmalononitrile 6. However, the Staudinger reaction of α-azidodiphenylacetonitrile with triphenylphosphine affords the corresponding