Issue 58, 2021

Room-temperature reduction of sulfur hexafluoride with metal phosphides

Abstract

Upon treatment with sulfur hexafluoride, alkali metal diphenyl or dicyclohexyl phosphides are oxidized within seconds to tetraphenyl or tetracyclohexyl diphosphines. When bulky di-tert-butylphosphide is employed, fluorophosphine intermediates are detected. This is the first reported reaction of sulfur hexafluoride with metal phosphides, and a rare example of reactivity of sulfur hexafluoride at ambient temperature.

Graphical abstract: Room-temperature reduction of sulfur hexafluoride with metal phosphides

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Apr 2021
Accepted
21 Jun 2021
First published
21 Jun 2021

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 7128-7131

Room-temperature reduction of sulfur hexafluoride with metal phosphides

B. S. N. Huchenski and A. W. H. Speed, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 7128 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC01943K

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