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Electroreduction of triphenylphosphine dichloride and the efficient one-pot reductive conversion of phosphine oxide to triphenylphosphine

T Yano, M Kuroboshi, H Tanaka

Index: Yano, Tomotake; Kuroboshi, Manabu; Tanaka, Hideo Tetrahedron Letters, 2010 , vol. 51, # 4 p. 698 - 701

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Abstract

Electroreduction of triphenylphosphine dichloride in acetonitrile was performed successfully in an undivided cell fitted with an aluminium sacrificial anode and a platinum cathode. Further, the one-pot transformation of triphenylphosphine oxide to triphenylphosphine was achieved successfully by the treatment of triphenylphosphine oxide in acetonitrile with oxalyl chloride and subsequent electrochemical reduction.