A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 1 Favorsky Str., 664033 Irkutsk, Russian Federation
Abstract:
In the superbase KOH/H2O/toluene/phase-transfer catalyst system, 2-picolyl chloride, generated in situ from 2-(chloromethyl)pyridine hydrochloride, reacts with elemental phosphorus at 65–95?°C for 3?h to afford tris(2-picolyl)phosphine oxide in 50% yield. Single crystal X-ray analysis of the latter revealed one polymorph form of this tertiary phosphine oxide.