Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (Oct 2015)

Aerobic addition of secondary phosphine oxides to vinyl sulfides: a shortcut to 1-hydroxy-2-(organosulfanyl)ethyl(diorganyl)phosphine oxides

  • Svetlana F. Malysheva,
  • Alexander V. Artem’ev,
  • Nina K. Gusarova,
  • Nataliya A. Belogorlova,
  • Alexander I. Albanov,
  • C. W. Liu,
  • Boris A. Trofimov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.11.214
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1985 – 1990

Abstract

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Secondary phosphine oxides react with vinyl sulfides (both alkyl- and aryl-substituted sulfides) under aerobic and solvent-free conditions (80 °C, air, 7–30 h) to afford 1-hydroxy-2-(organosulfanyl)ethyl(diorganyl)phosphine oxides in 70–93% yields.

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