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Catalyzing pyramidal inversion: Configurational lability of P-stereogenic phosphines via single electron oxidation
Reichl, Kyle D.,Ess, Daniel H.,Radosevich, Alexander T.
supporting information, p. 9354 - 9357 (2013/07/25)
We report that pyramidal inversion of trivalent phosphines may be catalyzed by single electron oxidation. Specifically, a series of P-stereogenic (aryl)methylphenyl phosphines are shown to undergo rapid racemization at ambient temperature when exposed to catalytic quantities of a single electron oxidant in solution. Under these conditions, transient phosphoniumyl radical cations (R3P?+) are formed, and computational models indicate that the pyramidal inversion barriers for these open-shell intermediates are on the order of ～5 kcal/mol. The observed 1020-fold rate enhancement over uncatalyzed pyramidal inversion opens new opportunities for the dynamic stereochemistry of phosphines and may hold additional implications for the configurational stability of P-stereogenic phosphine ligands on high-valent oxidizing transition metals.
