Iron(II) catalyzed hydrophosphination of isocyanatesTools Sharpe, Helen R., Geer, Ana M., Lewis, William, Blake, Alexander J. and Kays, Deborah L. (2017) Iron(II) catalyzed hydrophosphination of isocyanates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56 (17). pp. 4845-4848. ISSN 1521-3773 Full text not available from this repository.AbstractThe first transition metal catalyzed hydrophosphination of isocyanates is presented. The use of low-coordinate iron(II) precatalysts leads to an unprecedented catalytic double insertion of isocyanates into the P-H bond of diphenylphosphine to yield phosphinodicarboxamides [Ph2PC(=O)N(R)C(=O)N(H)R], a new family of derivatized organophosphorus compounds. This remarkable result can be attributed to the low-coordinate nature of the iron(II) centres whose inherent electron deficiency enables a Lewis-acid mechanism in which a combination of the steric pocket of the metal centre and substrate size determines the reaction products and regioselectivity.
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