A straightforward synthesis of 3-acylphospholes.
[structure: see text] The reaction of 2,5-diphenylphospholide, first with acyl chlorides, then with tBuOK, provides a direct access to 3-acyl-2,5-diphenylphospholides via a 1H-, 2H-, 3H-phosphole equilibrium.
Clochard
Magali
M
UCR-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521-0403, USA.
Grundy
Joanna
J
Donnadieu
Bruno
B
Mathey
François
F