Electrochemical reduction of bifunctional organic compounds

Electrochemical generation of P4 2– dianion from white phosphorus

“…2). 24 In such a way, in the presence of terephthalaldehyde we suceeded in increasing the degree of conversion of P 4 to the P 4 2-dian ion up to 91% (see Table 1, run 2). However, the in crease in the concentration of the organic substrate re sults in the formation of organophosphorus derivatives in the reaction with phosphane PH 3 generated electro chemically in the reaction medium, which decreases the yield of P 4 2-.…”