Easy wide scope access to luminescent fluorophosphoranes.
Jaime Ponce-de-LeónRebeca InfantePablo EspinetPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)
The almost quantitative synthesis of homologous luminescent fluorophosphoranes, by SNAr cyclization of (2'-F,2-(PR2)biaryl) phosphines made from easily accessible reagents, is reported and the DFT cyclization mechanism and alternative pathways to complete this isomerization are studied and discussed.