Electrophilic diazoalkane substitution of the diazomethyl compounds lab with the chloro phosphanes 2a-o in the presence of lithium diethylamide yields the diazoalkyl phosphanes 3a-z. Oxidative addition of oxygen, sulfur and selenium at phosphorus leads into the series of oxo, thioxo and selenoxo phosphanes having diazoalkyl substituents (4a-d, 5a-m and 7a-d). The silyl group of 5n,o is cleaved by chromatography on aluminium oxide to yield the (diazomethyl)phosphane sulfides 6a,b.
GRANIER, MICHEL;BACEIREDO, ANTOINE;DARTIGUENAVE, YVES;DARTIGUENAVE, MICHE+, J. AMER. CHEM. SOC., 112,(1990) N7, C. 6277-6285