Fig. 1
From: Homo- and heterodehydrocoupling of phosphines mediated by alkali metal catalysts

Developed catalysts for P–P and P–E bond formation. a Main group catalysts and conditions for the homodehydrocoupling of phosphines. b Heterodehydrocoupling of diphenylphosphine with thiophenol by in situ generated rhodium phosphido complexes. c Our current work using tBuOK as the catalyst for the homo- and heterodehydrocoupling of phosphines