Abstract
Reactionsa of the α-anion of anti-apicophilic C-apical O-equatorial spirophosphorane (O-cis) with electrophiles were examined. O-cis isomer reacted with PhCHO to form adducts instead of olefins, while Wittig type reaction took place to afford olefins quantitatively in the reaction of corresponding O-apical C-equatorial (O-trans) isomer. X-ray analysis of a hexacoordinate intermediate bearing an oxaphosphetane ring in the reaction of O-cis isomer was successful.