Fluorinated phosphorus compounds: Part 6. The synthesis of bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphites and bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphorohalidates

Reaction of phosphorus trichloride with tert-butanol and fluoroalcohols gave bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphites (R_FO)₂P(O)H in 42-89% yield, where R_F=HCF₂CH₂, H(CF₂)₂CH₂, H(CF₂)₄CH₂, CF₃CH₂, C₂F₅CH₂, C₃F₇CH₂, (CF₃)₂CH, (FCH₂)₂CH, CF₃(CH₃)₂C, (CF₃)₂CH₃C, CF₃CH₂CH₂, C₄F₉CH₂CH₂ and C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂. Treatment of these with chlorine in dichloromethane gave the bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphorochloridates (R_FO)₂P(O)Cl in 49-96% yield. The chloridate (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)Cl was isolated in much lower yield from the interaction of thionyl chloride with bis(trifluoroethyl) phosphite. Heating the latter in dichloromethane with potassium fluoride and a catalytic amount of trifluoroacetic acid gave the corresponding fluoridate (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)F in 84% yield. Treatment of bis(trifluoroethyl) phosphite with bromine or iodine gave the bromidate (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)Br and iodidate (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)I in 51 and 46% yield, respectively. The iodidate is the first dialkyl phosphoroiodidate to have been isolated and characterised properly—its discovery lags behind the first isolation of a dialkyl phosphorochloridate by over 130 years. The fluoroalkyl phosphoryl compounds are generally more stable than known unfluorinated counterparts.     

Fluorinated phosphorus compounds: Part 11. The reactions of some fluorinated amines with dialkyl and bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphorochloridates

Dimethyl phosphorochloridate reacted with R_FCH₂NH₂ in ether in the presence of Et₃N to afford (MeO)₂P(O)NHCH₂R_F, where R_F = CF₃ and C₂F₅, in 39 and 47% yield, respectively. Similar reactions with di-n-propyl and diisopropyl phosphorochloridates could be effected only with H₂NCH₂CF₃ when 4-dimethylaminopyridine catalyst was added and (n-PrO)₂P(O)NHCH₂CF₃ and (i-PrO)₂P(O)NHCH₂CF₃ were isolated in 49 and 25% yield, respectively. Treatment of POCl₃ with one molar equivalent each of H₂NCH₂CF₃ and Et₃N permitted the synthesis of Cl₂P(O)NHCH₂CF₃ in 43% yield. Bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphorochloridates (R_FO)₂P(O)Cl, where R_F = C₂F₅CH₂, C₃F₇CH₂ and (CF₃)₂CH, reacted with 2,2,2-trifluoroethylamine and 2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropylamine to furnish phosphoramidates (R_FO)₂P(O)NHCH₂R, where R = CF₃ or C₂F₅, in yields of 32-67%.     

Fluorinated phosphorus compounds: Part 8. The reactions of bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphorochloridates with sulfur nucleophiles

The reactivity of bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphorochloridates to nucleophiles is summarised. Previous data and the results described here indicate that reactivities decrease in the order: amines>alcohols>thiols. The synthesis of CF₃CH₂OP(O)(SEt)₂ in 30% yield was accomplished by treating CF₃CH₂OP(O)Cl₂ with two molar equivalents of EtSH and Et₃N in ether. The chloridates (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)Cl and (C₂F₅CH₂O)₂P(O)Cl did not react with MeSH in ether at −78 °C or when heated with Pb(SMe)₂ in benzene. Ethanethiol and propanethiol reacted with fluorinated chloridates in the presence of triethylamine to give thiolates (R_FO)₂P(O)SR in 13-41% yield where R_F was CF₃CH₂, C₂F₅CH₂, C₃F₇CH₂ or (CF₃)₂CH and R was Et or n-Pr. Similarly, reaction of phosphorobromidates (R_FCH₂O)₂P(O)Br, made by brominating the corresponding bis(fluoroalkyl) H-phosphonates, with benzenethiol gave derivatives (R_FCH₂O)₂P(O)SPh in 43 and 46% yield where R_F was CF₃ and C₂F₅, respectively. Treatment of the chloridothiolate Cl(EtO)P(O)SMe, prepared in two steps from triethyl phosphite, with fluoroalcohols and triethylamine in ether gave species R_FO(EtO)P(O)SMe in 62-74% yield where R_F was CF₃CH₂, C₂F₅CH₂, C₃F₇CH₂ or (CF₃)₂CH. The reactions of bis(trifluoroethyl) phosphorochloridate with 2-mercaptoethanol, 3-mercaptopropanol and ethane-1,2-dithiol gave several unexpected products whose structures were tentatively assigned.     

Fluorinated phosphorus compounds: Part 9. The reactions of bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphorochloridates with oxygen nucleophiles

Twenty nine bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphates (R_FO)₂P(O)OR were prepared in 18-75% yield by treating phosphorochloridates (R_FO)₂P(O)Cl, where R_F was HCF₂CH₂, HCF₂CF₂CH₂, H(CF₂)₄CH₂, C₂F₅CH₂, C₃F₇CH₂, (CF₃)₂CH, (FCH₂)₂CH and (CH₃)₂CF₃C with methanol, ethanol, propanol and isopropanol in diethyl ether in the presence of triethylamine. The bulky chloridate [(CH₃)₂CF₃CO]₂P(O)Cl reacted with methanol, ethanol and propanol, but not with isopropanol - even on heating in the presence of the catalyst 4-dimethylaminopyridine - due to steric hindrance at phosphorus. The relative reactivities of three of the chloridates decreased in the order [(CF₃)₂CHO]₂P(O)Cl > [(FCH₂)₂CHO]₂P(O)Cl > [(CH₃)₂CF₃CO]₂P(O)Cl. Also described is the synthesis of phosphates (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)OCH₂R, where R = CH₂Br, CH₂Cl, CH₂F and CHF₂, and diphosphates [H(CF₂)_nCH₂O]₂P(O)OCH₂(CF₂)₂CH₂OP(O)[OCH₂(CF₂)_nH]₂, where n = 1, 2 and 4.     

Fluorinated phosphorus compounds: Part 7. The reactions of bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphorochloridates with nitrogen nucleophiles

Forty bis(fluoroalkyl) phosphoramidates (R_FO)₂P(O)R were prepared in 10-91% yield by treating phosphorochloridates (R_FO)₂P(O)Cl where R_F was HCF₂CH₂, HCF₂CF₂CH₂, HCF₂CF₂CF₂CF₂CH₂, CF₃CH₂, C₂F₅CH₂, C₃F₇CH₂, (CF₃)₂CH, (FCH₂)₂CH and (CH₃)₂CF₃C with nucleophiles HR, where R was NH₂, NHMe, NMe₂, NHEt and NEt₂ in diethyl ether at 0-5 °C. The bulky chloridate [(CH₃)₂CF₃CO]₂P(O)Cl reacted with ammonia, methylamine, dimethylamine and ethylamine, but not with diethylamine—even on heating in the presence of 4-dimethylaminopyridine—due to steric hindrance at phosphorus. Fluorinated phosphoramidates have lower basicity and nucleophilicity than their unfluorinated counterparts: (EtO)₂P(O)NH₂ is more easily hydrolysed by HCl than (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)NH₂ and whereas, (EtO)₂P(O)NH₂ is known to react with oxalyl chloride and thionyl chloride to give (EtO)₂P(O)NCO and (EtO)₂P(O)NSO respectively, (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)NH₂ reacted only with oxalyl chloride to give (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)NCO in 10% yield. Two other new fluorinated species, (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)NHOMe and (CF₃CH₂O)₂P(O)N₃, were prepared by nucleophilic substitution of bis(trifluoroethyl) phosphorochloridate with methoxyamine and azide ion.     

Bis(fluoroalkyl)acrylic and methacrylic phosphate monomers, their polymers and some of their properties

Ten fluoromonomers of structure (R_FO)₂P(O)OCH₂CH₂OC(O)CRCH₂ were made in 30-64% yield by treating the chloridates (R_FO)₂P(O)Cl with HOCH₂CH₂OC(O)CRCH₂ in chloroform in the presence of triethylamine [R_F=CF₃CH₂, C₂F₅CH₂, C₃F₇CH₂, C₄F₉CH₂, C₄F₉CH₂CH₂ or C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂; R  H or Me]. The chloromonomer (CCl₃CH₂O)₂P(O)OCH₂CH₂OC(O)CHCH₂ was obtained analogously in 29% yield. Polymerisation of the acrylate monomers, but not the methacrylate monomers, could be effected using α-azoisobutyronitrile as a radical initiator. Acrylic polymers having CF₃CH₂O, CCl₃CH₂O and C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂O side-chains were obtained as translucent rubbers. Specimens of cotton fabric were treated with solutions of the polymers, and average water and oil repellency ratings measured. Fabric coated with the polymer with the C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂O side-chain afforded protection from penetration of the test liquids. Treated fabrics were subjected to the limiting oxygen index (LOI) test according to BS EN ISO 4589-2 (1999): this test determines the point at which a material just burns in a volumetric flow of oxygen and nitrogen. The treated fabrics were more fire-resistant (LOI 22-29%) than the untreated fabric (LOI 18%). Fabric coated with the CCl₃CH₂O-based polymer can be considered fire-retardant (LOI 29%). The fluoromonomers were tested for anti-acetylcholinesterase activity and were found to be poor enzyme inhibitors; they are predicted to possess low acute toxicity.     

Bis(perfluoroorganyl)bromonium salts [(RF)2Br]Y (RF = aryl, alkenyl, and alkynyl)

Bromonium salts [(R_F)₂Br]Y with perfluorinated groups R_FC₆F₅, CF₃CFCF, C₂F₅CFCF, and CF₃C≡C were isolated from reactions of BrF₃ with R_FBF₂ in weakly coordinating solvents (wcs) like CF₃CH₂CHF₂ (PFP) or CF₃CH₂CF₂CH₃ (PFB) in 30-90% yields. C₆F₅BF₂ formed independent of the stoichiometry only [(C₆F₅)₂Br][BF₄]. 1:2 reactions of BrF₃ and silanes C₆F₅SiY₃ (Y = F, Me) ended with different products - C₆F₅BrF₂ or [(C₆F₅)₂Br][SiF₅] - as pure individuals, depending on Y and on the reaction temperature (Y = F). With C₆F₅SiF₃ at ≥−30 °C [(C₆F₅)₂Br][SiF₅] resulted in 92% yield whereas the reaction with less Lewis acidic C₆F₅SiMe₃ only led to C₆F₅BrF₂ (58%). The interaction of K[C₆F₅BF₃] with BrF₃ or [BrF₂][SbF₆] in anhydrous HF gave [(C₆F₅)₂Br][SbF₆]. Attempts to obtain a bis(perfluoroalkyl)bromonium salt by reactions of C₆F₁₃BF₂ with BrF₃ or of K[C₆F₁₃BF₃] with [BrF₂][SbF₆] failed. The 3:2 reactions of BrF₃ with (C₆F₅)₃B in CH₂Cl₂ gave [(C₆F₅)₂Br][(C₆F₅)_nBF_4−n] salts (n = 0-3). The mixture of anions could be converted to pure [BF₄]⁻ salts by treatment with BF₃·base.     

First examples of stable polyfluorinated bis- and tris-(alkoxy)methyl cations

Stable polyfluorinated bis- and tris-(alkoxy)methyl cations were prepared by the reaction of the corresponding difluoroformals (R_fO)₂CF₂ (R_f = -CH₂CF₃, -CH(CF₃)₂, -CH₂CF₂Cl) with an excess of SbF₅. Although the cation (CF₃CH₂O)₂CF⁺ (1a) is stable at ambient temperature, the chlorinated analog (ClCF₂CH₂O)₂CF⁺ (3a) can be generated only at low temperature in SO₂ClF solvent and rapidly decomposes at ambient temperature. Although the salt [(CF₃)₂CHO]₂CF⁺Sb_nF_5n+1⁻ (2a) is slightly more stable than the salt of cation 3a, at ambient temperature it undergoes rapid disproportionation with formation of equal amounts of [(CF₃)₂CHO]₃C⁺Sb_nF_5n+1⁻ (2b) and CF₃OCH(CF₃)₂ (2c). Stable solid salt 2b (n = 2) was isolated and fully characterized by ¹H, ¹⁹F and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and its structure was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction.     

Reaction of trifluoromethylated β-alkoxyenones with tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite: A temperature influence on regioselectivity

The interaction of tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite (TMSO)₃P and E-trifluoromethyl-β-alkoxyenones CF₃C(O)CHCHOEt and CF₃C(O)CHC(OMe)Me yielded mixtures of E-1,2- and Z-1,4-adducts, CF₃C(OTMS)[P(O)(OTMS)₂]CCH(OAlk)R 2 and CF₃(OTMS)CCHCR(OAlk)[P(O)(OTMS)₂] 3 where R and Alk = H and Me, or both Me. Conversion of these 1,2-adducts to 1,4-isomers was effected by increased temperature or by exposure to more tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite. Acid hydrolysis of 2b (R and Alk = Me) gave ketophosphonic acid CF₃C(OH)[P(O)(OH)₂]CH₂COMe in 88% yield, whereas hydrolysis of 2a (R = H and Alk = Et) with KOH in methanol gave CF₃C(OH)[P(O)(OK)₂]CHCHOEt in 37% yield. Acid hydrolysis of 3a (R = H and Alk = Et) and 3b (R and Alk = Me) gave phosphonic acid CF₃C(OH)₂CHCHP(O)(OH)₂ in 82% yield and trifluoromethylated 1,2λ⁵σ⁴-oxaphosphol-3-en.     

New types of asymmetrical bromonium salts [RF(RF′)Br]Y where RF and/or RF′ represent perfluorinated aryl, alkenyl, and alkynyl groups

A series of previously unknown asymmetrical fluorinated bis(aryl)bromonium, alkenyl(aryl)bromonium, and alkynyl(aryl)bromonium salts was prepared by reactions of C₆F₅BrF₂ or 4-CF₃C₆H₄BrF₂ with aryl group transfer reagents Ar′SiF₃ (Ar′ = C₆F₅, 4-FC₆H₄, C₆H₅) or perfluoroorganyl group transfer reagents R_F′BF₂ (R_F = C₆F₅, trans-CF₃CFCF, C₃F₇C≡C) preferentially in weakly coordinating solvents (CCl₃F, CCl₂FCClF₂, CH₂Cl₂, CF₃CH₂CHF₂ (PFP), CF₃CH₂CF₂CH₃ (PFB)). The presence of the base MeCN and the influence of the adducts R_F′BF₂·NCMe (R_F = C₆F₅, CF₃C≡C) on reactions aside to bromonium salt formation are discussed. Reactions of C₆F₅BrF₂ with Alk_F′BF₂ in PFP gave mainly C₆F₅Br and Alk_F′F (Alk_F′ = C₆F₁₃, C₆F₁₃CH₂CH₂), presumably, deriving from the unstable salts [C₆F₅(Alk_F′)Br]Y (Y = [Alk_F′BF₃]⁻). Prototypical reactivities of selected bromonium salts were investigated with the nucleophile I^-and the electrophile H⁺. [4-CF₃C₆H₄(C₆F₅)Br][BF₄] showed the conversion into 4-CF₃C₆H₄Br and C₆F₅I when reacted with [Bu₄N]I in MeCN. Perfluoroalkynylbromonium salts [C_nF_2n+1C≡C(R_F)Br][BF₄] slowly added HF when dissolved in aHF and formed [Z-C_nF_2n+1CFCH(R_F)Br][BF₄].     

Formation and crystal structures of [(alkoxy)bis(pyridin-2-yl)methanolato-N,O,N]tin(IV) complexes

Reactions of bis(pyridin-2-yl)ketone with tin tetrahalides, SnX₄ (X = Cl or Br), or organotin trichlorides, R^′SnCl₃ (R^′ = Ph, Bu or CH₂CH₂CO₂Me), in ROH (R = Me or Et) readily produces RObis(pyridin-2-yl)methanolato)tin complexes, [5: RO(py)₂C(OSnX₃)] (5: R,X = Me,Cl; Et,Cl; Et,Br) or [6: MeO(py)₂C(OSnCl₂R^′)] (R^′ = Ph, Bu, CH₂CH₂CO₂Me). In addition, halide exchange reaction between SnI₄ and (5: R,X = Me,Cl) occurred to give (5: R,X = Me,I). The crystal structures of six tin(IV) derivatives indicated, in all cases, a monoanionic tridentate ligand, [RO(py)₂C(O⁻)-N,O,N], arranged in a fac manner about a distorted octahedral tin atom. The Sn–O and Sn–N bonds lengths do not show much variation amongst the six complexes despite the differences in the other ligands at tin.     

Synthesis and characterization of fluorous (S)- and (R)-1-phenylethylamines that effect heat facilitated resolution of (±)-2-(8-carboxy-1-naphthylsulfinyl)benzoic acid via diastereomeric salt formation and study of their circular dichroism

Perfluoroalkyl- or nonafluoro-tert-butoxy-alkyl-substituted enantiopure amines having the structure PhCHCH₃(NR¹R²) [R¹ = H, CH₃; R² = (CH₂)₃C₈F₁₇, (CH₂)₂OC(CF₃)₃; R¹ = R² = (CH₂)₃C₈F₁₇, (CH₂)₂OC(CF₃)₃] are obtained in high yields, when (S)-(−)-1-phenylethylamine is reacted with readily accessible alkylating reagents or fluorous 2° amines (R¹ = H; R² = (CH₂)₃C₈F₁₇, (CH₂)₂OC(CF₃)₃) are methylated in a Leuckart-Wallach reaction. The solubility patterns of these novel chiral amines and their hydrochlorides are qualitatively described for a broad spectrum of solvents and the fluorous partition coefficients of the free bases are determined by GC. A novel method for the resolution of enantiomers is disclosed here, which involves the use a half-equivalent of the selected resolving agent in solvent water that displays low solubility for the crystalline diastereomeric salt(s) formed even at temperatures near to its boiling point. Compound (S)-(−)-PhCHCH₃[NH(CH₂)₃C₈F₁₇] is found to satisfy all the latter conditions and successfully used for the heat facilitated resolution of the title racemic acid. The circular dichroism (CD) spectra of six novel fluorous (S)-(−)-1-phenylethylamine derivatives are measured in ethanol, trifluoroethanol and hexafluoropropan-2-ol and discussed in detail.     

The synthesis, structure and ethene polymerization activity of octahedral heteroligated (salicylaldiminato)(β-enaminoketonato)titanium complexes: The X-ray crystal structure of {3-Bu-2-(O)C6H3CHN(Ph)}{(Ph)NC(Me)C(H)C(Me)O}TiCl2

Treatment of the mono(salicylaldiminato)titanium complexes {3-Bu^t-2-(O)C₆H₃CHN(Ar)}TiCl₃(THF) (Ar = C₆H₅, 2,4,6-Me₃C₆H₂ or C₆F₅) with the potassium β-enaminoketonates (C₆H₅)NC(CH₃)C(H)C(R)OK (R = CH₃, CF₃) yielded the first examples of heteroligated (salicylaldiminato) (β-enaminoketonato)titanium dichloride complexes. The complex {3-Bu^t-2-(O)C₆H₃CHN(C₆H₅)}{(C₆H₅)NC(CH₃)C(H)C(CH₃)O}TiCl₂ was structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction and has an orientation with trans-O,O,cis-Cl,Cl, cis-N,N distorted octahedral geometry. These complexes polymerize ethene when activated with MAO; the highest productivity, 5650 kg PE (mol metal)⁻¹ h⁻¹ atm⁻¹, was afforded by {3-Bu^t-2-(O)C₆H₃CHN(C₆F₅)}{(C₆H₅)NC(CH₃)C(H)C(CF₃)O}TiCl₂ at 60 °C.     

Explored routes to unknown polyfluoroorganyliodine hexafluorides, RFIF6

Two routes to R_FIF₆ compounds were investigated: (a) the substitution of F by R_F in IF₇ and (b) the fluorine addition to iodine in R_FIF₄ precursors. For route (a) the reagents C₆F₅SiMe₃, C₆F₅SiF₃, [NMe₄][C₆F₅SiF₄], C₆F₅BF₂, and 1,4-C₆F₄(BF₂)₂ were tested. C₆F₅IF₄ and CF₃CH₂IF₄ were used in route (b) and treated with the fluoro-oxidizers IF₇, [O₂][SbF₆]/KF, and K₂[NiF₆]/KF. The observed sidestep reactions in case of routes (a) and (b) are discussed. Interaction of C₆F₅SiX₃ (X = Me, F), C₆F₅BF₂, 1,4-C₆F₄(BF₂)₂ with IF₇ gave exclusively the corresponding ring fluorination products, perfluorinated cyclohexadiene and cyclohexene derivatives, whereas [NMe₄][C₆F₅SiF₄] and IF₇ formed mixtures of C₆F_nIF₄ and C₆F_nH compounds (n = 7 and 9). CF₃CH₂IF₄ was not reactive towards the fluoro-oxidizer IF₇, whereas C₆F₅IF₄ formed C₆F_nIF₄ compounds (n = 7 and 9). C₆F₅IF₄ and CF₃CH₂IF₄ were inert towards [O₂][SbF₆] in anhydrous HF. CF₃CH₂IF₄ underwent C-H fluorination and C-I bond cleavage when treated with K₂[NiF₆]/KF in HF. The fluorine addition property of IF₇ was independently demonstrated in case of perfluorohexenes. C₄F₉CFCF₂ and IF₇ underwent oxidative fluorine addition at −30 °C, and the isomers (CF₃)₂CFCFCFCF₃ (cis and trans) formed very slowly perfluoroisohexanes even at 25 °C. The compatibility of IF₇ and selected organic solvents was investigated. The polyfluoroalkanes CF₃CH₂CHF₂ (PFP), CF₃CH₂CF₂CH₃ (PFB), and C₄F₉Br are inert towards iodine heptafluoride at 25 °C while CF₃CH₂Br was slowly converted to CF₃CH₂F. Especially PFP and PFB are new suitable organic solvents for IF₇.     

Novel generation ponytails in fluorous chemistry: Syntheses of primary, secondary, and tertiary (nonafluoro-tert-butyloxy)ethyl amines

(Nonafluoro-tert-butyloxy)ethyl tosylate 4 was prepared in 65% yield from nonafluoro-tert-butanol 1 using commercially available reagents. Further reaction of 4 with HNR¹R² (R¹ = R² = H, CH₃; R¹ = H, R² = CH₃, (CH₂)₃C₈F₁₇, CH₂CH₂OC(CF₃)₃) affords the appropriate (CF₃)₃COCH₂CH₂NR¹R² amines in 20-69% yields. Improved overall yields of [(CF₃)₃COCH₂CH₂]_3−nNR_n to 1 were obtained by the reaction of (CF₃)₃CONa 2 and (XCH₂CH₂)_3−nNR_n (X = Cl, n = 0, 1, 2, R = CH₃; X = CH₃SO₂O, n = 1, R = CH₃SO₂) nitrogen mustards and a similar reactive β-substituted ethyl amine. The title amines are mobile colorless liquids and volatile with steam. The bulky fluorous ponytail (CF₃)₃CO(CH₂)₂ displays high acidic stability and increases fluorous character almost as much as the classical straight-chain C₈F₁₇(CH₂)₃ ponytail.     

A novel simple synthesis of bis(diorganoselenophosphoryl)selenides (R2PSe)2Se from secondary phosphines and elemental selenium

Secondary phosphines R₂PH [R = Ph(CH₂)₂, 4-t-BuC₆H₄(CH₂)₂, 4-MeOC₆H₄(CH₂)₂, 2-Naphth(CH₂)₂] react with two equivalents of elemental selenium under mild conditions (85 °C, 3 h, toluene) to afford bis(diorganoselenophosphoryl)selenides (R₂PSe)₂Se in high yields (75-92%).     

Fluoroalkenyl, fluoroalkynyl and fluoroalkyl phosphines

A review of the methods available for the preparation of monodentate P(III) compounds containing fluoroalkenyl, fluoroalkynyl and fluoroalkyl groups is given. The synthesis, properties and coordination chemistry of some fluoroalkenyl- and fluoroalkynyl-containing phosphines derived from HFC-134a (CF₃CH₂F) and HFC-245fa (CF₃CH₂CH₂F) is summarised. The development of the reaction between trimethylsilyl-containing phosphines and R_fI which provides a general method by which bulky fluoroalkyl groups, such as i-C₃F₇, t-C₄F₉, c-C₆F₁₁, can be readily introduced into phosphorus(III) centres is reported. Together these methods provide a way of generating P(III) systems of the type R_3−nP(R_f)_n capable of possessing a wide range of steric and electronic properties.     

Synthesis and properties of fluorous arenes and triaryl phosphorus compounds with branched fluoroalkyl moieties (“split pony tails”)

Most compounds designed for immobilization in fluorous media feature linear pony tails of the formula (CH₂)_m(CF₂)_n−1CF₃ [(CH₂)_mR_fn]. This paper presents a first-generation approach to compounds with branched or “split” pony tails of the formula (CH₂)_lCH[(CH₂)_mR_fn]₂. Allyl tri(n-butyl)tin is reacted twice with perfluorooctyl iodide (R_f8I; first, photochemical, 78-81%; second, thermal with radical initiator, 71%; 13-18 g scales) to give the secondary alkyl iodide ICH(CH₂R_f8)₂ (3). A subsequent Ni(Cl)₂(PPh₃)₂-catalyzed reaction with allyl tri(n-butyl)tin yields the branched alkene H₂CCHCH₂CH(CH₂R_f8)₂ (74%). A palladium-catalyzed Heck coupling with OP(p-C₆H₄Br)₃ gives the fluorous phosphine oxide OP(p-C₆H₄CHCHCH₂CH(CH₂R_f8)₂)₃ (84%), and Pd/C-catalyzed hydrogenation affords OP(p-C₆H₄(CH₂)₃CH(CH₂R_f8)₂)₃ (>99%). Reduction with SiHCl₃ gives P(p-C₆H₄(CH₂)₃CH(CH₂R_f8)₂)₃, which is protected as the air-stable borane adduct H₃B·P(p-C₆H₄(CH₂)₃CH(CH₂R_f8)₂)₃ (9, 64%). The CF₃C₆F₁₁/toluene partition coefficient of 9 is much higher than that of the analog with p-(CH₂)₃R_f8 groups (96.6:3.4 versus 37.3:62.7). The iodide 3 is unreactive towards PAr₃ at 175-250 °C. However, a CuBr-catalyzed reaction with C₆H₅MgBr gives C₆H₅CH(CH₂R_f8)₂, which also exhibits a high partition coefficient (97.9:2.1).     

Synthesis, structural and spectroscopic properties of a new Schiff base ligand N,N′-bis(trifluoromethylbenzylidene)ethylenediamine

The Schiff base compound, N,N′-bis(trifluoromethylbenzylidene)ethylenediamine (C₁₈H₁₄F₆N₂) (1), CF₃C₆H₄CHNCH₂CH₂NCHC₆H₄CF₃ has been synthesized by adding a solution of ethylenediammine (en), 0.1 mmol in chloroform to 4-(trifluoromethyl)-benzaldehyde, CF₃C₆H₄CHO (0.2 mmol) and the product was crystallized in ethanol with the mp, 109.2 °C and 75% yield. The crystal structure was investigated by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study at 150 K. The compound crystallizes in monoclinic space group, P2₁/c with a = 9.295(3), b = 5.976(5), c = 15.204(9) Å and α = 90°, β = 96.56(5)° and γ = 90°. The crystal structure is stabilized by intermolecular CH · · · F hydrogen bonds. The asymmetric unit contains only one-half of the molecule related to the center of symmetry coinciding with C(1)-C(1′) and as a whole, the title molecule is in the staggered conformation. The phenyl rings and the CN imine bonds are co-planar. The infrared spectrum showed a sharp peak at 1640 cm⁻¹ which is typical of the conjugated CN stretching and strong peaks at 800-1400 cm⁻¹ regions are due to the C-C and C-H stretching modes. Electronic absorption spectra exhibits strong absorption in the UV region (240 nm wavelength) which have been ascribed to , and electronic transitions. The ¹H NMR spectra showed three distinct peaks at 2.5, 7.8 and 8.5 ppm which are assigned based on the splitting of resonance signals and are clearly confirmed by the X-ray molecular structure. The aromatic protons appear at about 7.8 ppm and the imine protons at 8.5 ppm. The sharp singlet at about 3.95 ppm is assigned to the CH₂-CH₂ protons. Mass spectra of the titled compound showed the molecular ion peak at m/e 372 (M⁺), and fragments at m/e 353 (M-F), 342 (M-2F), 200 (M-CF₃C₆H₄CHN), 186 (M-CF₃C₆H₄CHNCH₂).     

Synthesis of novel lipophilic and/or fluorophilic ethers of perfluoro-tert-butyl alcohol, perfluoropinacol and hexafluoroacetone hydrate via a Mitsunobu reaction: Typical cases of ideal product separation

Fluorophilic ethers having the structure RC(CF₃)₂O(CH₂)₃C_nF_2n + 1 are obtained in high yields, when F-tert-butyl alcohol (R = CF₃), F-acetone hydrate (R = O(CH₂)₃C_nF_2n + 1), F-pinacol (R = C(CF₃)₂O(CH₂)₃C_nF_2n + 1) are reacted with 3-perfluoroalkyl-1-propanols (C_nF_2n + 1(CH₂)₃OH, n = 4, 6, 8, 10) in a Mitsunobu reaction (Ph₃P/DIAD [i-PrO₂CN = NCO₂Pr-i]/ether). The parent lipophilic ethers with the structure of (CF₃)₃CO(CH₂)₃C_nH_2n + 1 were prepared analogously using the corresponding fatty alcohols and F-tert-butyl alcohol. To achieve ideal separations, products were transferred to orthogonal phases relative to the other reaction components using fluorous extraction, fluorous solid-organic liquid filtration, or steam-distillation. Selected physical properties including melting and boiling point, together with fluorous partition coefficients of these ethers were determined and the figures obtained were qualitatively analyzed using relevant thermodynamic theories. Some of these ethers are liquids with rather low freezing points and are miscible with fluorocarbon solvents.