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Trimethyl phosphite

≥99%, liquid

Synonym(s):

Methyl phosphite, P(OMe)3, Trimethoxyphosphine

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Linear Formula:
(CH3O)3P
CAS Number:
121-45-9
Molecular Weight:
124.08
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24854442
UNSPSC Code:
12352108
EC Number:
204-471-5
MDL number:
MFCD00008350
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
956570

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Product Name

Trimethyl phosphite, ≥99%

InChI key

CYTQBVOFDCPGCX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C3H9O3P/c1-4-7(5-2)6-3/h1-3H3

SMILES string

COP(OC)OC

vapor density

4.3 (vs air)

vapor pressure

17 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99%

form

liquid

reaction suitability

reagent type: ligand
reaction type: Heck Reaction
reagent type: ligand
reaction type: Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling

refractive index

n20/D 1.408 (lit.)

bp

111-112 °C (lit.)

mp

−78 °C (lit.)

density

1.052 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

200

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Application

Trimethyl phosphite can be used as a ligand in the synthesis of allyliridium phosphite complexes by direct reaction with allyliridium 1,5-cyclooctadiene complex.

General description

Trimethyl phosphite is an organophosphorus compound commonly used as a polymerization catalyst, coating additive, and as an intermediate in the synthesis of flame retardants. In addition, it is also used as an activating reagent in amide formation.

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GHS02,GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

supp_hazards

EUH014

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

82.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

28 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Allyliridium phosphite complexes. Synthesis and chemistry
Muetterties EL, et al.
Organometallics, 1(12), 1562-1567 (1982)
An efficient protocol for the amidation of carboxylic acids promoted by trimethyl phosphite and iodine
Luo QL, et al.
European Journal of Organic Chemistry (2011)
Bangwei Ding et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125(11), 3248-3259 (2003-03-13)
Trimethyl phosphite, (MeO)(3)P, is introduced as an efficient and selective trap in oxiranylcarbinyl radical (2) systems, formed from haloepoxides 8-13 under thermal AIBN/n-Bu(3)SnH conditions at about 80 degrees C. Initially, the transformations of 8-13, in the absence of phosphite, to
D H Barton et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2(4), 259-266 (1994-04-01)
In harmony with our studies on the activation of hydrocarbons by Gif chemistry, we have, in the first part of this paper, studied the mechanism of the lipoxygenase enzymes using soybean lipoxygenase as a model. We have shown with trimethyl
N Ramanathan et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 116(49), 12014-12023 (2012-11-21)
Trimethyl phosphite (TMPhite) and hydrogen chloride (HCl), when separately codeposited in a N(2) matrix, yielded a hydrogen bonded adduct, which was evidenced by shifts in the vibrational frequencies of the TMPhite and HCl submolecules. The structure and energy of the
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