Recent Advances of Phosphorus-Centered Radical Promoted Difunctionalization of Unsaturated Carbon-Carbon Bonds

The scientists have been working on developing more efficient and green ways to synthesize organophosphorus compounds as they have broad utilities such as reagents for chemical reactions, photovoltaic materials, flame retardants, biologically active molecules and so on. The difunctionalization reactions between P-center radicals and unsaturated compounds provide powerful methods for the synthesis of organophosphorus compounds in least and concise steps. This review will summarize the recent development in this area on the basis of different types of P-centered radical initiators.