Metal-Free, Visible Light-Photocatalyzed Synthesis of Benzo[b]phosphole Oxides: Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigations

Highly functionalized benzo[b]phosphole oxides were synthesized from reactions of arylphosphine oxides with alkynes under photocatalytic conditions by using eosin Y as the catalyst and N-ethoxy-2-methylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate as the oxidant. The reaction works under mild conditions and has a br... View More