The unexpected allylation of secondary phosphine sulfides with allyl sulfides has been found. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions (no catalyst and solvent, 80°C) to give allyldiorganylphosphine sulfides (yield up to 79%). The latter, under the reaction conditions, are able to add the initial secondary phosphine sulfides across the allyl group in the anti-Markovnikov mode to deliver propane-1,3-diylbis(diorganylphosphine sulfides), promising extractants of heavy metals and ligands for the synthesis of metal complex catalysts.
Read full abstract