A. E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 1, Favorsky Street, Irkutsk 664033, Russian Federation
Abstract:
Primary and secondary phosphines add regio- and stereospecifically to phenylcyanoacetylene and 4-hydroxy-4-methylpent-2-ynenitrile under mild conditions to form corresponding functionalized secondary and tertiary phosphines of Z-configuration in 70-91% yield. According to ESR and UV data, the addition of primary phosphines to phenylcyanoacetylene involves a single electron transfer process.