Metal-Free Aromatic Carbon-Phosphorus Bond Formation via a Sandmeyer-Type Reaction

An efficient metal-free phosphorylation process based on a Sandmeyer-type transformation with arylamines as the starting materials is developed. The transformation proceeds smoothly at room temperature without the exclusion of moisture or air. This phosphorylation reaction tolerates a wide range of functional groups and affords the phosphorylation products in moderate to good yields, thus providing a valuable method for the formation of aromatic carbon-phosphorus bonds.