Methyltrineopentyloxyphosphonium iodide: a crystalline Michaelis-Arbuzov intermediate and its mode of decomposition

Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications Pub Date: DOI: 10.1039/C29710001297

Abstract

Methyltrineopentyloxyphosphonium iodide is obtained as a stable, crystalline intermediate, by the interaction of trineopentyl phosphite and iodomethane at room temperature; in solution the intermediate decomposes by a first-order reaction to yield neopentyl iodide, without rearrangement.

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