Copper(I)-Facilitated Methylation and Cyclic Alkylation of 1,2-Phenylenebis(phosphine)

Yew Beng Kang, Michael Pabel, Devandra D. Pathak, Anthony C. Willis, S. Bruce Wild

Main Group Chemistry · 1995 · 16 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

The phosphorus centers in [Cu{l,2-C6 H4 (PH2 )2 }2 ]CF3 SO3 are readily methylated by methyl iodide in the presence of 4 or 8 equiv potassium tert-butoxide to give 1,2-phenylenebis (methylphosphine) or 1,2-phenylenebis(dimethylphosphine), respectivel

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