Reactions of Disulfides with Silyl Phosphites to Generate Thiophosphates Under Neat Conditions

Zhen Zhan; Zhongzhen Yang; Dena Ma; Hao Zhang; Yuesen Shi; Qiantao Wang; Yong Deng; Li Hai; Yong Wu

Index: 10.1002/cssc.201800236

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Abstract

An efficient procedure for the synthesis of thiophosphates is described. Without using any metallic catalyst or base, the direct sulfur–phosphorus coupling reaction of disulfides and dialkyl trimethylsilyl phosphite (DTSP) was carried out under solvent‐free reaction conditions in moderate to excellent yields with good functional group compatibility. The reaction conditions represent an advance over established methods not only in omitting the need for expensive catalysts or solvents, but also in shortening the reaction time significantly.These transformations are easy to conduct and can be readily applied to gram‐scale preparation.