“…Five-membered phosphorus-nitrogen heterocycles like 1,3,2-diazaphospholidines 1 1 and 1,3,2-diazaphospholenes 2 2,3,4 (Scheme 1) are of central importance for the synthesis of stable phosphenium ions 3, 4 with a cationic, two-coordinate phosphorus atom 5,6,7 which are isoelectronic analogues to neutral diaminocarbenes 5, 6, respectively. Whereas cations 3 with CC-saturated heterocyclic rings were among the first phosphenium ions ever prepared,…”