6840-23-9

Upstream product

• 529-27-1 2-methylphenylhydrazine 
• 121-45-9 phosphorous acid trimethyl ester 
• 615-37-2 ortho-methylphenyl iodide 
• 868-85-9 Dimethyl phosphite 
• 95-49-8 2-methylchlorobenzene 
• 95-46-5 2-methylphenyl bromide 

Downstream Products

• 79317-54-7 dimethyl-2-methylphenylphosphineoxide 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

C-P bond formation of cyclophanyl-, and aryl halides: Via a UV-induced photo Arbuzov reaction: A versatile portal to phosphonate-grafted scaffolds

A new versatile method for the C-P bond formation of (hetero)aryl halides with trimethyl phosphite via a UV-induced photo-Arbuzov reaction, accessing diverse phosphonate-grafted arenes, heteroarenes and co-facially stacked cyclophanes under mild reaction

Unveiling Extreme Photoreduction Potentials of Donor-Acceptor Cyanoarenes to Access Aryl Radicals from Aryl Chlorides

Since the seminal work of Zhang in 2016, donor-acceptor cyanoarene-based fluorophores, such as 1,2,3,5-tetrakis(carbazol-9-yl)-4,6-dicyanobenzene (4CzIPN), have been widely applied in photoredox catalysis and used as excellent metal-free alternatives to noble metal Ir- and Ru-based photocatalysts. However, all the reported photoredox reactions involving this chromophore family are based on harnessing the energy from a single visible light photon, with a limited range of redox potentials from -1.92 to +1.79 V vs SCE. Here, we document the unprecedented discovery that this family of fluorophores can undergo consecutive photoinduced electron transfer (ConPET) to achieve very high reduction potentials. One of the newly synthesized catalysts, 2,4,5-tri(9H-carbazol-9-yl)-6-(ethyl(phenyl)amino)isophthalonitrile (3CzEPAIPN), possesses a long-lived (12.95 ns) excited radical anion form, 3CzEPAIPN?-*, which can be used to activate reductively recalcitrant aryl chlorides (Ered ≈ -1.9 to -2.9 V vs SCE) under mild conditions. The resultant aryl radicals can be engaged in synthetically valuable aromatic C-B, C-P, and C-C bond formation to furnish arylboronates, arylphosphonium salts, arylphosphonates, and spirocyclic cyclohexadienes.

Direct conversion of phosphonates to phosphine oxides: An improved synthetic route to phosphines including the first synthesis of methyl JohnPhos

The synthesis of tertiary phosphine oxides from phosphonates was achieved reliably and in good to excellent yields using stoichiometric amounts of alkyl or aryl Grignard reagents and sodium trifluoromethanesulfonate (NaOTf). In the absence of the NaOTf additive, covalent coordination oligomers of magnesium and phosphorus species dominate the reaction, producing very low yields of phosphine oxide, but high conversions of the phosphonate starting material. Mechanistic studies revealed that a five-coordinate phosphorus species - not a phosphinate - is the reaction intermediate. A diverse array of phosphonates was converted to phosphine oxides using a variety of Grignard reagents for direct carbon-phosphorus functionalization. This new methodology especially simplifies the synthesis of dimethylphosphino (RPMe2)-type phosphines by using air-, water-, and silica-stable intermediates. To highlight this reaction, a new Buchwald-type ligand ([1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yldimethylphosphine, or methyl JohnPhos) and a classic bidentate phosphine, bis(diphenylphosphino)propane (dppp), were synthesized in excellent yields.

Copper-catalyzed coupling reaction of arylhydrazines and trialkylphosphites

A novel CuO-catalyzed coupling reaction of arylhydrazines with trialkyl phosphites to afford arylphosphonates is described. The reaction proceeded at 80 C in air without external reductants, oxidants, and ligands.