The origin of the amide formed in the photochemical reactions of aminimides: rearrangement of trimethylammonio-N-diphenylphosphinoylimide to N-( …

SF Martin, JP Harger

Index: Freeman, Sally; Harger, Martin J. P. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1985 , # 5 p. 241 - 242

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Abstract

The principal photochemical reaction of Ph2P (O)–NMe3 in dimethyl sulphoxide or methanol is rearrangement to Ph2P (O) NHCH2NMe2 which subsequently decomposes to give the amide Ph2P (O) NH2; rearrangement also occurs with PhCO–NMe3but is apparently not the major reaction pathway