An efficient synthesis of a series of γ-ketoallylphosphonates through a direct conversion of both primary and secondary Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) alcohols by trialkyl phosphites with or without DMAP, used as additive, and under solvent-free conditions, is described herein for the first time. Subsequently, a highly regioselective Luche reduction of the primary phosphonate 2a (R = H) gave the c...

A convenient approach has been developed to α-aminoalkylidenebisphosphonates and their asymmetric phosphonyl-phosphinyl and phosphonyl-phosphinoyl analogues by α-phosphonylation, α-phosphinylation or α-phosphinoylation of 1-(N-acylamino)alkylphosphonates, that, in turn, are easily accessible from N-acyl-α-amino acids. Effective electrophilic activation of the α-position of 1-(N-acetylamino)alky...

Highly selective alkyl transfer processes of mono-, di- and trialkyl amines in the presence of the Shvo catalyst have been realized; in addition, a general method for N-alkylation of aniline with di- and trialkyl amines is presented.

In each of seven fully controlled experiments, potted California, U.S. coast live oak trees were artificially inoculated with Phytophthora ramorum, the agent of a tree disease commonly referred to as sudden oak death. Phosphites were applied to trees using a range of application approaches either as preventive or therapeutic treatments. Soil drenches and bark application of phosphites were inef...

A concise and atom-economical Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of trialkyl- and triarylboranes with aryl halides is described. This new protocol represents the first general, practical method that efficiently utilizes peralkyl and peraryl groups of the unactivated trialkyl- and triarylboranes for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction.

Geminal mercapto trialkyl- and trialkoxy-silanes undergo an efficient radical chain rearrangement, whereby the silyl group migrates from carbon to sulfur; the starting materials are readily obtained by exploiting the peroxide initiated radical addition of dithiocarbonates (xanthates) to trialkyl- or trialkoxy-vinylsilanes.

Electroless nickel plating baths have to be discarded when levels of phosphites build up and interfere with the plating process. OWMC funded research conducted at ORTECH International to determine whether phosphites could be removed from plating bath solution. The first attempt to do this by adsorption on flyash was unsuccessful. However, the use of calcium ion to precipitate calcium phosphite ...