Reductive cleavage of the halogen-phosphorus, oxygen-phosphorus and phosphorus-phosphorus bonds with alkali metals

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/10426500008042094

The reduction of phosphorus acid chlorides as well as hypophosphates, pyrophosphates and mixed P(III)-P(V) anhydrides with alkali metals (Li, Na, K) in NH₃ liq. / THF solution and potassium naphthalenide was investigated. It was found that this type of phosphorus compounds easily undergo reduction: a) >P(O)Cl to >P(O)H; b) >P(O)P(O)< to >P(O)H; c) >P(O)-O-P(O)< to >P(O)OH and >P(O)H; d) >P(O)-O-P< to >P(O)O^- and >P^-. The results of our experiments strongly suggest that the mixed P(III)-P(V) anhydride is reduced by potassium naphthalenide in THF with the cleavage of the P(III)-oxygen bond.

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REDUCTIVE CLEAVAGE OF
THE HALOGEN-PHOSPHORUS,
OXYGEN-PHOSPHORUS AND
PHOSPHORUS-PHOSPHORUS
BONDS WITH ALKALI METALS
Jacek Nycz a & Janusz Rachon a
a Department of Organic Chemistry, Chemical
Faculty, Technical University of Gdańsk, 80-952,
Gdańsk;, Poland
Version of record first published: 04 Oct 2006.
To cite this article: Jacek Nycz & Janusz Rachon (2000): REDUCTIVE CLEAVAGE OF
THE HALOGEN-PHOSPHORUS, OXYGEN-PHOSPHORUS AND PHOSPHORUS-PHOSPHORUS
BONDS WITH ALKALI METALS, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related
Elements, 161:1, 39-59
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