worthy that this reaction did not proceed in the absence of cerium (II1) chloride. Trivalent cerium3 presumably plays dual roles in this reaction; it activates phosphine oxides by coordination so that the deoxygenation with LiAlH4 proceeds readily4 and it activates NaBH, to facilitate reaction with intermediates phosphines to form phosphine-borane^.^ This new method involves the following characteristic features:(1) Products are obtained directly ...
[Fuller, Anna-Marie; Mountford, Andrew J.; Scott, Matthew L.; Coles, Simon J.; Horton, Peter N.; Hughes, David L.; Hursthouse, Michael B.; Lancaster, Simon J. Inorganic Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 48, # 23 p. 11474 - 11482]
