Issue 61, 2019

P(v) dications: carbon-based Lewis acid initiators for hydrodefluorination

Abstract

The P(III) dication [(terpy)PPh]2+ is oxidized by reaction with o-chloranil or 9,10-phenanthrenequinone to give the P(V) dications [(terpy)(C6Cl4O2)PPh]2+ and [(terpy)(C14H8O2)PPh]2+, respectively. These species are coordinatively saturated at phosphorus and yet display the ability to effect Lewis acid initiation of hydrodefluorination of fluoroalkanes. Experimental and computational data support the notion that the P(V) dications are Lewis acidic at the para-carbon of the central ring of the terpy ligand.

Graphical abstract: P(v) dications: carbon-based Lewis acid initiators for hydrodefluorination

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 May 2019
Accepted
03 Jul 2019
First published
03 Jul 2019

Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 8971-8974

P(V) dications: carbon-based Lewis acid initiators for hydrodefluorination

A. E. Waked, S. S. Chitnis and D. W. Stephan, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 8971 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC04010B

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements