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Benzyltriphenylphosphonium bromide is used as a reactant for stereoselective azidolysis of vinyl epoxides, enantioselective aziridination and Friedel-Crafts cyclization for asymmetric synthesis of dihydrexidine, biomimetic iron(III) mediated oxidative dimerization for synthesis of benzoquinone parvistemin A, enantioselective synthesis of syn-diarylheptanoids from D-glucose, preparation of β-amyloid plaque ligands and decarboxylative cyclopropanation. It react with 4-methyl-oxetan-2-one to produce 4-hydroxy-1-phenyl-1-(triphenyl-l5-phosphanylidene)-pentan-2-one.

reaction type: C-C Bond Formation

The general procedure for the synthesis of triphenylbenzylphosphonium bromide from benzylbromide and triphenylphosphine was as follows: triphenylphosphine (7.868 g, 1.0 eq.) and benzylbromide (3.73 mL, 1.04 eq.) were dissolved in dimethylformamide (DMF) (30 mL) and the mixture was transferred to a 100 mL round bottom flask equipped with a reflux condenser. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux and kept for 1 hr and subsequently cooled to room temperature. The precipitated white crystalline solid was collected by filtration, washed with ether (100 mL) and finally dried under vacuum at 60 °C for 5 h to afford the product triphenylbenzylphosphonium bromide (12.676 g, 98% yield).

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