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The Low Basicity of Phosphabenzenes: First Examples of Protonation, Alkylation, and Silylation Reactions
Author(s) -
Zhang Yun,
Tham Fook S.,
Nixon John F.,
Taylor Charlotte,
Green Jennifer C.,
Reed Christopher A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200800878
Subject(s) - protonation , trifluoromethanesulfonate , electrophile , silylation , alkylation , reagent , chemistry , content (measure theory) , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry , computational chemistry , catalysis , ion , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Strong yet gentle : Where triflate reagents fail, carborane‐based sources of H + , CH 3 + , and [R 3 Si] + electrophiles add to phosphabenzenes preferentially at the P atom rather than C (see picture).