The structure of a butterfly-shaped P 4 unit has been reported by J. Bresien and co-workers (Dalton

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The structure of a butterfly-shaped P4 unit has been reported by J. Bresien and co-workers (Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1998). 

(a) Sketch the P4 unit. 

(b) Give one example of a bicyclic tetraphosphene synthesized from P4 with a Lewis acid and one synthesized via self-assembly of P1 units. 

(c) Draw the two isomers of Mes*P4Mes*. 

(d) Which isomer would give two triplets in the 31P-NMR spectrum?

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Inorganic Chemistry

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