Journal of the American Chemical Society

Liquid ammonia chemistry of the methyl phosphines

RI Wagner, AB Burg

Index: Wagner; Burg Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1953 , vol. 75, p. 3869,3871

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Citation Number: 39

Abstract

Good yields of CHsPHz and (CH3) zPH are obtained by liquid ammonia reactions of the type 2e-+ 2PH3-* 2PHz-+ HI; CHsCl+ PHz-4 C1-+ CH~ PHZ. The conversion of CHlPHz to (CH&PH by this method is not always efficient, for CH~ PHZ is a weaker protic acid than PHs, and may have some hydridic tendency. A definite hydridic reaction is shown by (CH3) zPH in the presence of amide ion, with which it forms an orange-colored complex, and ...