Reactivity of phosphine oxide H<inf>3</inf>PO in the reactions with ketones

Abstract

© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.The reactivity of the electrochemically generated phosphine oxide H3PO towards ketones (acetone, ethyl methyl ketone, methyl n-propyl ketone, and tert-butyl methyl ketone) has been studied. It was found that this reaction led to the formation of mono- and bis(hydroxyalkyl)phosphine oxides of the formulas RRĆ(OH)P(O)H2 and [RRĆ(OH)]2P(O)H (R = Me; R´ = Me, Et, Pr) and represents the first example of the P—C bond formation involving the intermediate H3PO.