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Oxophilicity is the
tendency of
certain chemical compounds to form
oxides by
hydrolysis or
abstraction of an
oxygen atom from
another molecule,
often from...
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illustrated by the
McMurry reaction.
Epoxides can be
deoxygenated using the
oxophilic reagent produced by
combining tungsten hexachloride and n-butyllithium...
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Reactions of
anhydrous iron(III)
chloride reflect its
description as both
oxophilic and a hard
Lewis acid.
Myriad manifestations of the
oxophiliicty of iron(III)...
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cleaves the ring to β-lithioalkoxides.
Epoxides can be
deoxygenated using oxophilic reagents, with loss or
retention of configuration. The
combination of...
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ameliorate this problem. In the case of platinum-ruthenium catalysts, the
oxophilic nature of
ruthenium is
believed to
promote the
formation of
hydroxyl radicals...
- Bischler–Napieralski
reaction Cyclic aryl
imine POCl3, SOCl2, etc.
Tautomeric chlorination Imidoyl chloride Oxophilic halogenating agents, e.g. COCl2 or SOCl2...
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occasional use in
organic synthesis,
capitalizing on its
Lewis acidity, its
oxophilicity, and the electron-transfer
properties of its
reduced titanium halides...
- {\displaystyle {\ce {CCl4 + 6KOH -> 4KCl + K2CO3 + 3H2O}}}
Carbon is
sufficiently oxophilic that many
compounds react to give phosgene:
Reaction with
hydrogen sulfide...
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direct reactivity. A
famous example is the
Luche Reduction,
where an
oxophilic metal makes the
carbonyl of a
conjugated ketone more
reactive and directs...
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Titanium is
characteristically oxophilic,
which recommends the use of air-free techniques. On the
other hand, high
oxophilicity means that
titanium alkyls...
