Hydrochloric Acid → Triphenylphosphine

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Reaction Steps

Triphenylphosphine oxide (1.40 g, 5.0 mmol), shredded aluminum foil (136 mg, 5.0 mmol) and acetonitrile (5 mL) were weighted out into a reactor, then oxalyl chloride (0.46 mL, 5.1 mmol) was added thereto under room temperature, and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 10 minutes. Subsequently, lead bromide (18 mg, 0.05 mmol) was added to this reaction solution, and the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes at room temperature. Thereafter, the reaction solution was poured into an iced 5% hydrochloric acid aqueous solution from the reactor, to terminate the reaction. The organic layer was separated, and the water layer was extracted with ethyl acetate for 3 times. The organic layers were combined into one, washed with saturated saline, dried on sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified with a silica gel column chromatography to give triphenylphosphine (1,162 mg, 4.4 mmol, yield: 88%) and triphenylphosphine oxide (21 mg, 0.07 mmol, collection rate: 2%).

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