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The Michaelis–Becker Reaction in Phosphonium and Imidazolium Ionic Liquids
AP Vu, EA Shaffer, LK Byington Congiardo…
Index: Vu, Anh P.; Shaffer, Erika A.; Byington Congiardo, Laura K.; Knight, D. Andrew Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, 2010 , vol. 185, # 9 p. 1845 - 1849
The Michaelis–Becker reaction was performed in imidazolium ionic liquids using sodium hydroxide as base or sodium dialkylphosphites with good yield and selectivities. The analogous reaction performed in phosphonium ionic liquids resulted in decomposition to phosphine oxides.