Frontispiece: Stepwise Reduction of an [alpha]-Phosphonio-Carbocation to a Crystalline Phosphorus Radical Cation and an Acridinyl-Phosphorus Ylide
Organo-Main Group Derivatives The discovery of the Wittig reaction in 1954 has led to intensive research into the chemistry of phosphorus ylides over the past decades. While the redox chemistry of ylides was investigated in the late 1990s, now, twenty years later, in their Communication on page2882f...
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Published in | Chemistry : a European journal Vol. 22; no. 9 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Weinheim
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
24.02.2016
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Summary: | Organo-Main Group Derivatives The discovery of the Wittig reaction in 1954 has led to intensive research into the chemistry of phosphorus ylides over the past decades. While the redox chemistry of ylides was investigated in the late 1990s, now, twenty years later, in their Communication on page2882ff., the groups of Hudnall and Gabbaï demonstrate for the first time that stable [alpha]-phosphonio-carbocations, the fully oxidized form of phosphorus ylides, can be synthesized. This dication can be reduced by one electron to afford a stable radical cation that features a one-electron P-C π bond, or by two electrons to give the corresponding antiaromatic phosphorus ylide. |
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ISSN: | 0947-6539 1521-3765 |
DOI: | 10.1002/chem.201680961 |