Synfacts 2005(3): 0335-0335  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-921633
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

A New Method for the Reduction of Secondary Phosphine Oxides

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Andrei Gavryushin
C. A. Busacca*, J. C. Lorenz, N. Grinberg, N. Haddad, M. Hrapchak, B. Latli, H. Lee, P. Sabila, A. Saha, M. Sarvestani, S. Shen, R. Varsolona, X. Wei, C. H. Senanayake
Boeringer-Ingelheim, Inc., Ridgefield, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
22 November 2005 (online)

Significance

Secondary phosphines are extremely important and convenient intermediates in the synthesis of ligands for transition-metal catalysis. This procedure is the best method published so far for the preparation of those compounds from readily available secondary phosphine oxides.