“…For the first time, this reaction has been employed for the synthesis of 2,2-diphenyl-1,2l 4 -thiaphosphacyclanium iodides 103a,b (E = S, n = 3, 4; Hal = I), which were obtained by refluxing solutions of the thermally stable o-chloroalkyldiphenylphosphine sulfides 104a,b in either acetone or acetonitrile with NaI. 80 The reaction proceeds via the formation of the corresponding o-iodoalkyldiphenylphosphine sulfides 105a,b, which was confirmed by 31 P NMR spectroscopy. In contrast to o-chloro-substituted derivatives 104a,b, o-bromoalkylphosphine sulfides 106a,b, obtained from the corresponding hydroxy derivatives 107a,b and isolated in a pure state, underwent rather easy transformations into cyclic thiaphosphacyclanium bromides 103a,b (Hal = Br) (heating at 100 8C without a solvent).…”