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

Laura Ascherl; Andreas Nordheider; Kasun S. Athukorala Arachchige; David B. Cordes; Konstantin Karaghiosoff; Michael Bühl; Alexandra M. Z. Slawin; J. Derek Woollins

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

Laura Ascherl,^ab Andreas Nordheider,^a Kasun S. Athukorala Arachchige,^a David B. Cordes,^a Konstantin Karaghiosoff,^b Michael Bühl,^a Alexandra M. Z. Slawin^a and J. Derek Woollins*^a

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^a School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, Scotland
E-mail: jdw3@st-andrews.ac.uk

^b Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377 München, Germany

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.

This article is part of the themed collection: Selenium & Tellurium chemistry at the beginning of the 3rd millennium: a celebration of ICCST

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC01073F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 10 Feb 2014
Accepted: 22 Apr 2014
First published: 23 Apr 2014
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Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 6214-6216

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

L. Ascherl, A. Nordheider, K. S. A. Arachchige, D. B. Cordes, K. Karaghiosoff, M. Bühl, A. M. Z. Slawin and J. D. Woollins, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 6214 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC01073F

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