Petr Kilian

Selectivity in Homolytic Substitution at a Tertiary Phosphine Center: Mechanistic Insights into Dealkanation Reaction

Here, we present a comprehensive mechanistic investigation of a transformation that reverses the usual reactivity of an established radical P–C bond-forming process. Peri-substituted compounds bearing tertiary and secondary phosphine groups undergo dealkanation to afford an alkane and a diphosphine. To examine the infl...