Phosphine-catalyzed disulfide metathesis.
Journal article, 2008
The reaction between disulfides and phosphines generates a reversible disulfide metathesis process. E.g., tricyclohexylphosphine catalyzed the reversible disulfide metathesis of MeSSMe and EtSSEt to give 51% MeSSEt. [on SciFinder(R)]
density functional theory
organic synthesis
sulfide exchange
quantum chemistry
Author
Remi Caraballo
Martin Rahm
Pornrapee Vongvilai
Tore Brinck
Olof. Ramstroem
Chemical Communications
1359-7345 (ISSN) 1364-548X (eISSN)
48 6603-6605Subject Categories
Theoretical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
DOI
10.1039/B815710C