PRODUCTS OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF BORYLPHOSPHINOETHENE IN A NONAQUEOUS MEDIUM

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00959651

In order to confirm our earlier assumptions with respect to the processes involved in the electrochemical reduction of borylphosphinoethene derivatives, we have analyzed the products of controlled-potential electrolysis.Compounds were isolated and identified, formed in the further chemical conversions of the initially formed unstable intermediates.It has been demonstrated that the electroreduction of the borylphosphinoethene oxide in an aprotic medium leads primarily to splitting of the P-C_Ar bond and in the case of the borylphosphinoethene selenide to the reduction of the P=Se bond; in the reduction of the corresponding sulfide both these fragments are affected.