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Phosphine Oxidation with Water and Ferrocenium(III) Cation Induced by Visible-Light Irradiation
Yoshiaki Tanabe1, Kazunari Nakajima2, Yoshiaki Nishibayashi1
1Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.
Abstract:
Stoichiometric oxidation of phosphines with water and ferrocenium(III) cation as the oxygen atom source and the oxidizing reagent, respectively, was achieved in acetonitrile under visible-light irradiation by using 2,6-lutidine as the proton acceptor. The reaction required light irradiation, under which fluorescence was observed for the acetonitrile solution of the ferrocenium(III) cation.
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