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Exploring an Umpolung strategy for quaternization of phosphorus
Vetter, Anna C.,Nikitin, Kirill,Gilheany, Declan G.
, p. 339 - 342 (2019/03/07)
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.
Long sought synthesis of quaternary phosphonium salts from phosphine oxides: Inverse reactivity approach
Vetter, Anna C.,Nikitin, Kirill,Gilheany, Declan G.
, p. 5843 - 5846 (2018/06/13)
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.
