Science Daily March 26, 2020
Researchers at Ohio State University describe how to shorten a process to turn one chemical — triphenylphosphine oxide — into another chemical — triphenylphosphine. They showed that the energy needed for the conversion can be generated by sending an electrical charge through an aluminum container. Doing so provides enough energy to allow aluminum to break one of the chemical bonds in triphenylphosphine oxide — essentially, to strip oxygen away from that molecule — and to leave behind just triphenylphosphine. The finding could make several industrial manufacturing processes cheaper and more efficient, make it easier to produce certain medications, materials, agrochemicals — essentially all organic synthesis…read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Abstract. Credit: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 6, 3024-3031