Photochemical transformation of chlorobenzenes and white phosphorus into arylphosphines and phosphonium salts

Marion Till, Verena Streitferdt, Daniel J. Scott, Michael Mende, Ruth Gschwind, Robert Wolf

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Abstract

Chlorobenzenes are important starting materials for the preparation of commercially valuable triarylphosphines and tetraarylphosphonium salts, but their use for the direct arylation of elemental phosphorus has been elusive. Here we describe a simple photochemical route toward such products. UV-LED irradiation (365 nm) of chlorobenzenes, white phosphorus (P4) and the organic superphotoreductant tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE) affords the desired arylphosphorus compounds in a single reaction step.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1100-1103
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume58
Issue number8
Early online date6 Dec 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jan 2022

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Funding Information:
This project received funding from the European Research Council (ERC CoG 772299) and the Deutsche Forschungsge-meinschaft (DFG, CRC 325 Assembly Controlled Chemical Photocatalysis – 444632635 – and RTG 2620 Ion Pair Effects in Molecular Reactivity).

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© The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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