Synthesis 2022; 54(07): 1745-1752
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610788
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Quaternary Phosphonium Carboxylates: Structure, Dynamics and Intriguing Olefination Mechanism

a   Department of Chemical Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
b   School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Helge Müller-Bunz
b   School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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b   School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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b   School of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Abstract

We have earlier shown how the Wittig chemistry can be done using novel Eigenbase phosphonium carboxylate reagents. Here we discuss the phenomenon of ion pairing, their solution tautomerism, solid-state structure, and mechanistic aspects of olefination. The results point to a complex process involving unfamiliar H-bond-driven ion-pair equilibria followed by standard Wittig reaction steps.

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Publication History

Received: 09 August 2021

Accepted after revision: 05 November 2021

Article published online:
21 December 2021

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