Journal of the American Chemical Society

Staudinger reaction between triarylphosphines and azides. Mechanism

JE Leffler, RD Temple

Index: Leffler,J.E.; Temple,R.D. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1967 , vol. 89, p. 5235 - 5246

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Citation Number: 128

Abstract

Abstract: The reaction of substituted phenyl azides with substituted triphenylphosphines to give nitrogen and the corresponding triarylphosphine arylimide passes serially through two isomeric transition states and an intermediate complex, all having the empirical formula Ar3P. ArN3. It has been shown kinetically and by means of trapping experiments that the second transition state is attainable only by reactivation of the intermediate complex and ...