Tris(2-Methoxyphenyl)phosphine Chemical Properties

Melting point:

204-208 °C

Boiling point:

477.3±40.0 °C(Predicted)

storage temp. 

Inert atmosphere,Room Temperature

form 

Liquid

color 

Colorless to yellow or pale orange

Water Solubility 

Slightly soluble in water.

Sensitive 

Air Sensitive

BRN 

2776186

InChI

InChI=1S/C21H21O3P/c1-22-16-10-4-7-13-19(16)25(20-14-8-5-11-17(20)23-2)21-15-9-6-12-18(21)24-3/h4-15H,1-3H3

InChIKey

IIOSDXGZLBPOHD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

P(C1=CC=CC=C1OC)(C1=CC=CC=C1OC)C1=CC=CC=C1OC

CAS DataBase Reference

4731-65-1(CAS DataBase Reference)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xn,Xi

Risk Statements 

36/37/38-22

Safety Statements 

37/39-26

WGK Germany 

3

TSCA 

No

HS Code 

29319090

MSDS

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Tris(2-Methoxyphenyl)phosphine Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

white powder or crystals

Uses

suzuki reaction

Uses

Tris(2-methoxyphenyl)phosphine is a phosphine ligand used for catalysis. It is used as a catalyst for allylic substitution of simple alkenes, suzuki coupling reactions, hydrogenation of quinolines and other addition reactions.

Hazard

Tris(2-Methoxyphenyl)phosphine causes skin irritation and serious eye irritation, and may cause long lasting harmful effects to aquatic life.

reaction suitability

reaction type: Buchwald-Hartwig Cross Coupling Reaction
reaction type: Heck Reaction
reaction type: Hiyama Coupling
reaction type: Negishi Coupling
reaction type: Sonogashira Coupling
reaction type: Stille Coupling
reaction type: Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling
reagent type: ligand

Chemical Reactivity

Treatment of the diiron hexacarbonyl complexes [μ-SCH2CH(R)S-μ]Fe2(CO)6 with a monophosphine ligand tris(2-methoxyphenyl)phosphine in the presence of Me3NO 2H2O gave monosubstituted complexes [μ-SCH2CH(R)S-μ]Fe2(CO)5[P(C6H4OCH3-2)3] in 60–89% yields.

References

[1] Raymond C. Bott, Graham Smith, Peter C. Healy. “Structural studies of two-coordinate complexes of tris(2-methoxylphenyl)phosphine and tris(4-methoxyphenyl)phosphine with gold(I) halides.” Polyhedron 26 12 (2007): Pages 2803-2809.
[2] O. Shawkataly. “Pentacarbonyl[tris(2-methoxyphenyl)phosphine-P]chromium and its Molybdenum Analogue.” Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications 75 1 (1996): 1352–1355.

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