A highly convergent synthesis of bis(triazolylphosphane oxides) was developed by a tandem copper-mediated Huisgen reaction–oxidative coupling. The phosphane oxides were reduced by trichlorosilane and the coordination of the resulting bisphosphanes was studied with various transition metals.
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