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Lingling Deng1, Yang Wang1, Haibo Mei2
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093 , China.
Abstract:
An eco-friendly and efficient method for the synthesis of organophosphinates via an electrochemical cross-dehydrogenative-coupling reaction between alcohols and secondary phosphine oxides has been developed. This electrochemical reaction was conducted at room temperature without the addition of any oxidant, metal catalyst, or additive, which provides a new strategy for the synthesis of organophosphinates.
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