- Phase behavior of benzyltributylphosphonium salts in aromatic hydrocarbons or aqueous solutions
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The solubility of benzyltributylphosphonium salt (BTBPX: X = Cl, Br, or I) in aromatic hydrocarbons was examined as a function of the temperature. The solubility curve had specific features, which were characterized by critical values corresponding to the
- Ohtani,Tsuchimoto
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- Exploring an Umpolung strategy for quaternization of phosphorus
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We propose a new, potentially widely-applicable, Umpolung approach for the synthesis of quaternary phosphonium salts R3PR1 X (X = Cl, Br) from phosphine oxides R3PO. The new organic group R1 is introduced via nucleophilic attack on an intermediate halophosphonium salt using a Grignard reagent R1MgX and replaces the traditional phosphine quaternization approach. Consequently, the new method does not suffer from the limited availability of many parent phosphines and is much faster than standard quaternization.
- Vetter, Anna C.,Nikitin, Kirill,Gilheany, Declan G.
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p. 339 - 342
(2019/03/07)
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- Long sought synthesis of quaternary phosphonium salts from phosphine oxides: Inverse reactivity approach
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Quaternary phosphonium salts (QPS), a key class of organophosphorus compounds, have previously only been available by routes involving nucleophilic phosphorus. We report the realisation of the opposite approach to QPS utilising phosphine oxides as the electrophilic partner and Grignard reagents as nucleophiles. The process is enabled through the crucial intermediacy of the derived halophosphonium salts. The route does not suffer from the slow kinetics and limited availability of many parent phosphines and a broad range of QPS were prepared in excellent yields.
- Vetter, Anna C.,Nikitin, Kirill,Gilheany, Declan G.
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p. 5843 - 5846
(2018/06/13)
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- Nitrogen: Versus phosphorus nucleophiles-how changing the nucleophilic heteroatom affects ionic liquid solvent effects in bimolecular nucleophilic substitution processes
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A series of nitrogen and phosphorus nucleophiles have been investigated to determine whether the previously established ionic liquid solvent effects on a bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (SN2) reaction vary with the nature of the nucleophilic centre. Reaction of group 15 triphenyl nucleophiles with benzyl bromide showed a different trend in the rate constant with increasing proportions of ionic liquid in the reaction mixture than was observed with pyridine. This result suggests additional interactions are important; a supposition supported by differences in reaction outcome observed when the electrophile was varied in reactions with triphenylphosphine. A novel ionic liquid solvent effect was observed in the reaction of tributylamine with benzyl bromide, with the position of equilibrium varying with the proportions of the ionic liquid present in the reaction mixture. Overall, the work presented demonstrates the importance of considering all possible interactions between an ionic liquid solvent and species along the reaction coordinate and has expanded upon our current predictive framework for ionic liquid solvent effects. Such understanding is important as it allows further development of a predictive framework for the application of ionic liquids in preparative chemistry.
- Schaffarczyk McHale, Karin S.,Hawker, Rebecca R.,Harper, Jason B.
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p. 7437 - 7444
(2016/09/12)
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- Synthesis of phosphonium salts under microwave activation - Leaving group and phosphine substituents effects
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The specific nonpurely thermal effects of microwaves were evidenced according to neutral or charged leaving groups during nucleophilic substitution of benzylic electrophiles with triphenylphosphine and tributylphosphine. Microwave (MW) irradiation considerably enhanced the reactions with charged alkylating agents, especially under solvent-free conditions. Results are interpreted considering the magnitude of MW effects according to the position of the transition state along the reaction coordinates.
- Cvengros, Jan,Toma, Stefan,Marque, Sylvain,Loupy, Andre
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p. 1365 - 1371
(2007/10/03)
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- Thiocyanation of alkyl halides with alkyl thiocyanates in the presence of quaternary phosphonium halides
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Alkyl thiocyanates undergo simple SN2 reactions with the counter ions of quaternary phosphonium salts in nonpolar solvents and thiocyanate ions are liberated as the leaving ion. Depending on the nucleophile, the reaction proceeded irreversibly or reversibly. The reaction of benzyl thiocyanate with azide ions afforded a quantitative yield of benzyl azide. The reactions of alkyl thiocyanates with halide ions gave an equilibrium mixture where the reverse reaction of the alkyl halides produced with the liberated thiocyanate ions took place simultaneously. Thus, thiocyanate-halide exchange reactions between an alkyl thiocyanate and an alkyl halide were possible in the presence of a catalytic amount of a quaternary salt.
- Ohtani, Noritaka,Murakawa, Shigeki,Watanabe, Kohji,Tsuchimoto, Daisuke,Sato, Daiki
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p. 1851 - 1856
(2007/10/03)
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- Flash vacuum pyrolysis of stabilised phosphorus ylides. Part 16. Model studies for the construction of conjugated polymers
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Reaction of a range of bis(ylides) with acid chlorides has been used to prepare the bis(oxoylides) 11-15. Similarly a range of simple ylides react with bis(acid chlorides) to give bis(oxoylides) 19-27 with the isomeric structure. Flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) of one example of the first type results in extrusion of Ph3P rather than the expected Ph3PO while six examples of the second type do extrude Ph3PO upon FVP at 500 °C to afford the bis(alkynes) 28. Examples of the corresponding bis(tributylphosphonium ylides) have also been prepared but attempts to construct a tetrakis(oxoylide) 31 using a stepwise approach were unsuccessful. Fully assigned 13C NMR spectra are presented for six of the bis(oxoylides).
- Aitken, R. Alan,Drysdale, Martin J.,Hill, Lawrence,Lumbard, Keith W.,Maccallum, James R.,Seth, Shirley
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p. 11039 - 11050
(2007/10/03)
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- Photolysis of (Arylmethyl)triphenylphosphonium Salts. Substituent, Counterion, and Solvent Effects on Reaction Products
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Quaternary (arylmethyl)phosphonium salts of the general formula ArCH2-PR3(+)Y(-) (Ar = substituted phenyl or 1-naphthyl; R = phenyl, ferrocenyl, or butyl; Y(-) = BF4(-) or halide) have been photolyzed in acetonitrile or in methanol.Photolysis involved the cleavage of the P-CH2 bond and the products derived from both, the arylmethyl radical and the carbocation, were formed.The proportion of the radical- and carbocation-derived products was determined as a function of substituents in group Ar, of groups R, counterions Y(-), and the solvent.For the nonoxidizable counterion (BF4(-), the proposed mechanism of the reaction involves initial homolysis, followed by the escape of the radical products from a solvent cage, or by the electron transfer from carbon to phosphorus, yielding the corresponding arylmethyl carbocation.The latter can either react with the solvent to form the observed carbocation-derived product or can undergo recombination with the tertiary phosphine formed to yield the starting phosphonium ion.Some indication of the "inverted substituent effect" resulting from the inhibition of single electron transfer from an easily oxidized radical was obtained.For the oxidizable counterions (halides), an additional pathway is suggested, that involves electron transfer from the anion, yielding the arylmethyl radical and the phosphine, thus decreasing the ionic/radical products ratio.
- Imrie, C.,Modro, T. A.,Rohwer, E. R.,Wagener, C. C. P.
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p. 5643 - 5649
(2007/10/02)
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- 1H-NMR- AND MOESSBAUER INVESTIGATIONS ON THE ION PAIRS OF TETRACHLOROFERRATE(III) ANION WITH QUATERNARY PHOSPHONIUM CATIONS
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Paramagnetic ion pairs were investigated by 1H-NMR and Moessbauer spectroscopy in chloroform and dimethyl sulphoxide.It has been shown that the chemical shifts of 1H-NMR peaks arise from a combination of contact and pseudocontact interactions of opposite sign, and the ratio of interactions was definitely influenced by the extent of solvation.On the basis of Moessbauer measurements it was shown that the change of the cation size had an effect on the electron delocalization and symmetry conditions of iron(III) in solid samples, too.In concentrated frozen solutions of ion pairs, different interactions were indicated by Moessbauer spectros copy in chloroform and dimethyl sulphoxide, in accordance with 1H-NMR results.However, in dilute solution such an anion-solvent interaction was observed directly, which could be shown by the NMR method only indirectly.
- Vincze, L.,Papp, S.
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p. 153 - 162
(2007/10/02)
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