“…Similar reactions allowed the conversion of P red directly into the corresponding phosphine (HOCH 2 ) 3 P (THP, 9, by excluding the HCl quench) and phosphine oxide (HOCH 2 ) 3 PO (THPO, 10, by quenching with air) as well as the phosphonium salts [Bn 4 P]Br and [Et 4 P]Br (7 a and 7 b respectively, prepared using BnBr and EtBr) and the triacylphosphines (tBuC(O)) 3 P and (PhC(O)) 3 P (8 a and 8 b, respectively, prepared using tBuC(O)Cl and PhC(O)Cl), in generally good to excellent isolated yields (Scheme 3b and Sections 3.2-3.7 in the Supporting Information). The industrial and academic applications of these isolated products include flame retardants (5 and 10), [1b,18] Wittig reagents (7), and chemical precursors (9), [1b,19] among others. Significantly, the formation of 7 and 8 could be performed in the absence of base which contrasts with previous results where a base was necessary for functionalisation of the intermediate PÀ H bonds present in (Bu 3 Sn) x PH 3À x (x = 1 or 2), thus highlighting an additional advantage of instead proceeding via (Bu 3 Sn) 3 P only.…”