Alane - A chemoselective way to reduce phosphine oxides

Authors
Bootle-Wilbraham, A Head, S Longstaff, J Wyatt, P
Citation
A. Bootle-wilbraham et al., Alane - A chemoselective way to reduce phosphine oxides, TETRAHEDR L, 40(28), 1999, pp. 5267-5270
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry & Analysis","Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
ISSN journal
00404039 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
28
Year of publication
1999
Pages
5267 - 5270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(19990709)40:28<5267:A-ACWT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Phosphine oxides may be chemoselectively reduced to phosphines in excellent yield in the presence of several other functional groups using alane. An a queous workup is not required. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights re served.