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A Study of Two Highly Active, Air‐Stable Iron(III)‐μ‐Oxo Precatalysts: Synthetic Scope of Hydrophosphination using Phenyl‐ and Diphenylphosphine
Author(s) -
Gallagher Kimberley J.,
EspinalViguri Maialen,
Mahon Mary F.,
Webster Ruth L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.201501179
Subject(s) - diphenylphosphine , chemistry , phenylphosphine , catalysis , stoichiometry , solvent , organic chemistry , phosphine , combinatorial chemistry , polymer chemistry
The importance of phosphines in synthetic chemistry cannot be underestimated. Catalytic hydrophosphination offers an ideal method to prepare P−C bonds without the need for harsh reaction conditions or stoichiometric amounts of waste by‐product. We herein report our studies into two biocompatible iron(III) complexes in hydrophosphination chemistry using diphenylphosphine under mild and benign reaction conditions (room temperature, solvent‐free) and our extended exploration of hydrophosphination with phenylphosphine, which can be tuned to operate in the absence of catalyst under thermal conditions for single hydrophosphination or solvent‐free with an iron(III) precatalyst to generate the products of double hydrophosphination.