Orbital control in the reductive cleavage of tris(methoxyphenyl)phosphines

✍ Scribed by Peter H. M. Budzelaar; Johannes A. van Doom; Nico Meijboom

• Book ID: 104589173
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 218 KB
• Volume: 109
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0165-0513
• DOI: 10.1002/recl.19901090322

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The character of the LUMO of (methoxyphenyl)phosphines determines the reductive cleavage of the C‐P bond; a high LUMO energy prevents reduction whereas a small coefficient at the C‐P carbon atom leads to a poor cleavage.