A Versatile Methodology for the Synthesis of α,β‐Unsaturated 3‐Iminophosphines

Phorteen phine phosphines : Fourteen new α,β‐unsaturated β‐chloroimines were synthesized from inexpensive ketones by using the Vilsmeier–Haack reagent followed by Schiff‐base condensation. Each imine was subsequently converted to an α,β‐unsaturated 3‐iminophosphine through either late‐metal‐catalyzed phosphorus–carbon cross‐coupling or through an addition–elimination sequence (see scheme). This high‐yield protocol serves as a general means to produce α,β‐unsaturated 3‐iminophosphines.