Reaction of singlet dioxygen with phosphine-borane derivatives: From transient phosphine peroxides to crystalline peroxoboronates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 6186-6189

  Porcel, Susana ^a,b   Bouhadir, Ghenwa ^a,b   Saffon, Nathalie ^c   Maron, Laurent ^b,d   Bourissou, Didier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Structure Fédérative Toulousaine en Chimie Moléculaire FR 2599   (France)

^d INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Ambiphilic compounds; Boronates; Oxygen transfer; Phosphines; Singlet oxygen

Indexed keywords

AMBIPHILIC COMPOUNDS; BORONATES; OXYGEN TRANSFER; PHOSPHINES; SINGLET OXYGEN;

OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PEROXIDES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77956024172     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000520     Document Type: Article

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