Features of condensation of 4,4′-Dihydroxybiphenyl with phenylphosphonous tetraethyldiamide

4,4′-Dihydroxybiphenyl was condensed with phenylphosphonous tetraethyldiamide. The moleccular mass, chemical composition, and structural features of the product, oligo(4,4′-biphenylene phenylphosphonite), were elucidated using the method of matrix-activated laser desorption/ionization, with a time-of-flight (TOF) mass analyzer. The oligophenylphosphites containing labile P-N bond, which are unstable under conditions of recording mass spectra, were stabilized by conversion into oligophenylphosphonates. 1H-Tetrazole catalyzes the reaction of phenylphosphonous tetraethyldiamide with 4,4′-dihydroxybiphenyl. Cross-linking in the solid state of the oligo(4,4′-biphenylene phenylphosphonite) containing terminal phosphonamidite group leads to gradual increase in the molecular weight and is accompanied by redox processes.