Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Student Union Building, Upper (Queensborough Community College)
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Reactivity of Tris(trimethylsilyl) Phosphite (TMSP): Reactions with Halo-Chloroformates

Jeong-hoon Ham, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY and Luis Vargas, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY.

Tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite (TMSP) was reacted with 1- and 2-Chloroethylchloroformate followed by hydrolysis. The purpose of the work was to determine the reactivity of TMSP with compounds having two different reactive functional groups: acyl and halide. Arbuzov and Perkow types of the reactions were expected; however, only the identification of the product(s) could explain the final outcomes of the reactions. Preliminary results will be discussed.