Mechanistic Insight into the Reduction of Tertiary Phosphine Oxides by Ti(O<i>i</i>Pr)<sub>4</sub>/TMDS

Christelle Petit, Alain Favre‐Réguillon, Belén Albela, Laurent Bonneviot, Gérard Mignani, Marc Lemaire

Organometallics · 2009 · 87 citations · 39 references

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The reduction mechanism of tertiary phosphine oxides by Ti(O i Pr) 4 /hydrosiloxane was studied. Strong improvement was achieved using a drying agent. ESR spectra of the reaction mixture give evidence for a single electronic transfer (SET) mechanism.

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