Electrochemical generation and reactions of acyloxytriphenylphosphonium ions

H Ohmori, H Maeda, M Kikuoka, T Maki, M Masui

Index: Ohmori, Hidenobu; Maeda, Hatsuo; Kikuoka, Masayuki; Maki, Toshihide; Masui, Masaichiro Tetrahedron, 1991 , vol. 47, # 4-5 p. 767 - 776

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Abstract

Constant-current electrolysis, in an undivided cell, of Ph3P in the presence of a carboxylic acid in CH2Cl2 containing 2, 6-lutidinium perchlorate as the supporting electrolyte was shown to generate the corresponding acyloxyphosphonium ion, Ph3P+-OCOR, which was converted in situ to esters, amides, and β-lactams under mild conditions.