Selective catalytic deuteration of phosphorus ligands using ruthenium nanoparticles: a new approach to gain information on ligand coordination

Emma Bresó-Femenia (1, 2) , Cyril Godard (3) , Carmen Claver (3) , Bruno Chaudret (1) , Sergio Castillon (2)

1 LPCNO - Laboratoire de physique et chimie des nano-objets
2 Departament de Quimica Analitica i Quimica Organica
3 Departament de Química Física i Inorganica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Phenyl rings in phenyl- or phenyl-alkylphosphines are selectively deuterated at the ortho position using Ru/PVP nanoparticles, while are fully reduced in the case of arylphosphine oxide derivatives and do not react in the case of arylphosphite. This different behavior provides information about the coordination mode of each ligand.

Domaines: Chimie

Emma Bresó-Femenia, Cyril Godard, Carmen Claver, Bruno Chaudret, Sergio Castillon. Selective catalytic deuteration of phosphorus ligands using ruthenium nanoparticles: a new approach to gain information on ligand coordination. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51 (91), pp.16342-16345. ⟨hal-02018754⟩