| Abstract: | Acyl- and Alkylidenephosphines. XVIII. Monoacetyl- and Diacetylphosphine When triacetylphosphine 3a is treated with methanol 4 or benzyl alcohol 6 P? C(O) bonds are cleaved and a mixture of diacetyl- 2a and monoacetylphosphine 1a is formed. The thermally labile phosphine 1a decomposes completely within a few hours at +20°C; but 2a also reacts slowly within days to give triacetylphosphine 3a and further unknown compounds. As it is found by nmr-spectroscopic studies the acidic hydrogen atoms of monoacetylphosphine 1a are both bound to phosphorus. In liquid diacetylphosphine 2a or in solutions of this compound, However, there exists an equilibrium between the keto tautomer K- 2a with a PH and the enol tautomer E- 2a with an O? H? O group; compared with pentane-2,4-dione 8a the keto tautomerpredo minates in 2a . As in 1,3-diketones a low temperature and a small dielectric constant of the solvent increase the amount of enol tautomer E- 2a present. The 1H-nmr resonance of the enolic hydrogen atom is observed at very low field (δ = 18,3 ppm). |
