Triphenylphosphine dibromide is used as a reagent for conversion of aldoximes into nitriles. It acts as a reagent for cleavage of acetals. It reacts with amines to give iminophosphoranes. Further, it serves as a reagent in the preparation of alkyl and aryl bromides from alcohols and phenols without rearrangement.
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Applications
Triphenylphosphine dibromide is used as a reagent for conversion of aldoximes into nitriles. It acts as a reagent for cleavage of acetals. It reacts with amines to give iminophosphoranes. Further, it serves as a reagent in the preparation of alkyl and aryl bromides from alcohols and phenols without rearrangement.
Solubility
Soluble in water, dichloromethane, acetonitrile, phenyl cyanide, dimethyl formamide, ether, chloroform, alcohol, carbon tetrachloride, acetic acid and carbon disulfide. Sparingly soluble in phenyl chloride, triphenylphosphine and phenyl hydride. Insoluble in aqueous bromine.
Notes
Moisture sensitive. Store in a cool place. Incompatible with strong bases, strong oxidizing agents, bases and active metals.
RUO – Research Use Only
Reagent for the conversion of alcohols and phenols to bromides in good yields: J. Org. Chem., 37, 626 (1972). Particularly useful for alcohols where sensitive functionality is present: J. Org. Chem., 49, 431 (1984); Synth. Commun., 22, 2945 (1992). Cleaves dialkyl ethers to the two alkyl bromides: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 86, 5037 (1964); J. Org. Chem., 37, 626 (1972).
Reaction with amines gives iminophosphoranes, which have been used as a means of blocking an amino group to permit monoalkylation: Synthesis, 295 (1980). Iminophosphoranes also undergo a Wittig-like condensation with CO2 or CS2 to give the isocyanates or isothiocyanates respectively: Synthesis, 596 (1982):
Ureas are dehydrated to carbodiimides: Liebigs Ann. Chem., 718, 24 (1968); Synthesis, 373 (1981).
The reagent formed with DMSO at low temperatures provides an alternative to the Swern oxidation for selective conversion of alcohols to carbonyl compounds: Tetrahedron Lett., 43, 8355 (2002).
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