Tricyclohexylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate is used with ruthenium (1,5-cyclooctadiene)ruthenium dimer to catalyze the dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols and amines to form amide bonds. It is also used in suzuki reaction.
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Applications
Tricyclohexylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate is used with ruthenium (1,5-cyclooctadiene)ruthenium dimer to catalyze the dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols and amines to form amide bonds. It is also used in suzuki reaction.
Solubility
Soluble in water.
Notes
Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Air-stable replacement for tricyclohexylphosphine in various Pd-catalyzed coupling reactions. Used in conjunction with Bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene) nickel(0), 39234 in Ni(0)-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura-type coupling of alkenyl phosphates with arylboronic acids and esters to give 1,1-diarylalkenes: Chem. Commun., 4137 (2006). See also Tri-tert-butyl phosphonium tetrafluoroborate, L19752.
- Hayashi, S.; Kojima, Y.; Koizumi, T. Highly regioselective Pd/C-catalyzed direct arylation toward thiophene-based π-conjugated polymers. Polym. Chem. 2015, 6 (6), 881-885.
- Ueda, Y.; Tsuji, H.; Tanaka, H.; Nakamura, E. Synthesis, Crystal Packing, and Ambipolar Carrier Transport Property of Twisted Dibenzo [g, p] chrysenes. Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9 (6), 1623-1628.