Hydrophosphination of CO2 and Subsequent Formate Transfer in the 1,3,2‐Diazaphospholene‐Catalyzed N‐Formylation of Amines

Abstract

AbstractHydrophosphination of CO2 with 1,3,2‐Diazaphospholene (NHP‐H; 1) afforded phosphorus formate (NHP‐OCOH; 2) through the formation of a bond between the electrophilic phosphorus atom in 1 and the oxygen atom from CO2, along with hydride transfer to the carbon atom of CO2. Transfer of the formate from 2 to Ph2SiH2 produced Ph2Si(OCHO)2 (3) in a reaction that could be carried out in a catalytic manner by using 5 mol % of 1. These elementary reactions were applied to the metal‐free catalytic N‐formylation of amine derivatives with CO2 in one pot under ambient conditions.