The activation of Woollins' reagent. Isolation of pyridine stabilised PhPSe2

Laura Ascherl, Andreas Nordheider, Kasun Sankalpa Athukorala Arachchige, David Bradford Cordes, Konstantin Karaghiosoff, Michael Buehl, Alexandra Martha Zoya Slawin, J Derek Woollins

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Abstract

Woollins' reagent (WR, (PhPSe2)2) plays an essential role in the selenation of organic compounds. Reaction of WR with pyridine gives the P(V) species PhPSe2 stabilised by pyridine coordination which is the first crystallographically characterised mononuclear RPSe2 system stabilised by an external molecule and has potential as a selenation reagent for reactions under mild conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6214-6216
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume50
Issue number47
Early online date23 Apr 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jun 2014

Keywords

  • X-ray
  • Lawessons reagent
  • Crystal-structures
  • Heterocycles
  • Reactivity
  • Selenation

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