A reexamination of the ozone-triphenyl phosphite system. The origin of triphenyl phosphate at low temperatures
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-6-1999
Abstract
The reaction of ozone with triphenyl phosphite (P) at -78 °C affords a labile 1:1 complex (PO3) together with small amounts of triphenyl phosphate (PO) (Q. E. Thompson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1961, 83, 845). In this work we found that the amount of PO present initially after complete ozonation of P in toluene was 12 ± 2% at -78 °C and 11 ± 2% at -95 °C. Partial ozonation of solutions of P in toluene at -78 °C gave mixtures of P, PO, and PO3 whose composition changed with time as a result of the reaction of P with PO3 to give additional PO. Between -25 and -60 °C, the rate constant of the latter reaction is given by the expression log k (M-1 s-1) = (8.64 ± 0.04) - (11.44 ± 0.74) kcal/RT. This reaction at -78 °C is too slow to account for the PO formed during the ozonation, which is proposed to arise instead by competitive reactions of an intermediate. The solubility of PO in toluene at -78 °C was measured as 0.06 M, and that of PO3 about 6 times greater.
Publication Title
Journal of Organic Chemistry
Recommended Citation
Mendenhall, G.,
&
Priddy, D.
(1999).
A reexamination of the ozone-triphenyl phosphite system. The origin of triphenyl phosphate at low temperatures.
Journal of Organic Chemistry,
64(16), 5783-5786.
http://doi.org/10.1021/jo982339y
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