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Triethylphosphite

See also: trimethylphosphite

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An experimentally simple, fast, mild, and scalable transition-metal-free cross-coupling between boronic acids and nitrosoarenes enables the synthesis of di(hetero)arylamines. The procedure tolerates a wide range of functional groups, including carbonyls, nitro, halogens, free OH and NH groups, and also permits the synthesis of sterically hindered compounds.
S. Roscales, A. G. Csák˙, Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 1667-1671.


A new, mild protocol for deoxygenation of various phosphine oxides with retention of configuration is described. Mechanistic studies regarding the oxygen transfer between the starting phosphine oxide and triphenylphosphine are also presented.
H.-C. Wu, J.-Q. Yu, J. B. Spencer, Org. Lett., 2004, 6, 4675-4678.


Trialkyl phosphites mediate a convenient, efficient, and inexpensive deoxygenation of 1,2,3-triazine 1-oxide for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazine derivatives in high yield. Triethyl phosphite is more reactive than trimethyl phosphite, and both phosphites form their corresponding phosphates in these reactions.
G. Rivera, L. De Angelis, A. Al-Sayyed, S. Biswas, H. Arman, M. P. Doyle, Org. Lett., 2022, 24, 6543-6547.