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T61204

Triethyl phosphite

98%

Synonym(s):

P(EtO)3, P(OEt)3

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Linear Formula:
(C2H5O)3P
CAS Number:
122-52-1
Molecular Weight:
166.16
UNSPSC Code:
12352108
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24900347
EC Number:
204-552-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
956578
MDL number:
MFCD00009084

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InChI

1S/C6H15O3P/c1-4-7-10(8-5-2)9-6-3/h4-6H2,1-3H3

InChI key

BDZBKCUKTQZUTL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES string

CCOP(OCC)OCC

assay

98%

reaction suitability

reaction type: Reductions

impurities

≤1% triethyl phosphate and diethyl phosphite

Quality Level

200

bp

156 °C (lit.)

density

0.969 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

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Application

Used as a reducing agent; can react with electrophiles to form phosphonates or phosphates; forms a stable complex with copper(I) iodide.

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GHS02,GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Sens. 1B

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

129.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

54 °C - closed cup

ppe

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Gabriele Albertin et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 44(35), 15470-15480 (2015-08-04)
Diazoalkane complexes [Ru(Tp)(N2CAr1Ar2)(PPh3)L]BPh4 ( and ) [Tp = tris(pyrazolyl)borate; L = P(OMe)3, P(OEt)3; Ar1 = Ar2 = Ph; Ar1 = Ph, Ar2 = p-tolyl; Ar1Ar2 = C12H8] were prepared by allowing chloro-compounds RuCl(Tp)(PPh3)L to react with diazoalkane in the presence
Stowell, J. K.; Widlanski, T. S. et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 36, 1825-1825 (1995)
A Useful Synthesis of 1-Aminocyclopropanephosphonic Acid from Cyclopropanone Acetal.
Antoine Fadel
The Journal of organic chemistry, 64(13), 4953-4955 (2001-10-25)
Kyriacos Agapiou et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126(14), 4528-4529 (2004-04-09)
Exposure of enone substrates 1a-18a, which possess appendant ketone, ester, and nitrile moieties, to Et2Zn in the presence of catalytic Cu(OTf)2/P(OEt)3 provides the cyclized products in good to excellent yields and diastereoselectivities. These results represent the first use of ketones
Triethyl phosphite mediated domino reaction: direct conversion of omega-nitroalkenes into N-heterocycles.
Elena Merişor et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 46(18), 3353-3355 (2007-03-21)
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