ABSTRACT
We present the study of reactivity of electrochemically generated in situ from white phosphorus P4 phosphine oxide H3PO toward various ketones (acetone, methylethylketone, methyl-n-propylketone). This interaction was found to give a selective formation of mono- and bis-(α-oxyalkyl)phosphine oxides RR′C(OH)P(O)H2 (1) and (RR′C(OH))2P(O)H (2) where R = Me; R′ = Me, Et, n-Pr. Thermal properties of the formed primary and secondary phosphine oxides have been studied and quantum chemical calculations of thermodynamic stability of these compounds were performed.
Funding
This work is financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project 14-13-01122).