ELECTROCHEMICALLY INDUCED PROCESSES OF FORMATION OF PHOSPHORIC-ACID DERIVATIVES .3. ELECTROSYNTHESIS FROM WHITE PHOSPHORUS IN ALCOHOL WATERSOLUTIONS

It has been established that the process of splitting of the P - P bon ds of the white phosphorus molecules is initiated by cathode-generated nucleophiles (HO-, RO-), while functionalization of the P-H bond form ed in phosphoric oligomers occurs under the action only of alcohol. Th e primary product after splitting of all the P-P bonds in phosphoric o ligomers is dialkylphosphite (in alcohol-water media), or trialkylphos phite (in absolute alcohol), in the course of electrolysis being trans formed into trialkylphosphate. Formation of esters of pyrophosphoric a cid with reduced protogenic character of the medium was examined. It i s proposed that under these conditions nucleophilic reagents of the ty pe (]P)c-O- form and participate in splitting of the P-P bonds.