P(RNCH(2)CH(2))(3)N: efficient 1,4-addition catalysts

The 1,4-addition of primary alcohols, higher nitroalkanes, and a Schiff's base of an alpha-amino ester to alpha,beta-unsaturated substrates produces the corresponding products in moderate to excellent yields when carried out at -63 to 70 degrees C in the presence of catalytic amounts of the nonionic strong bases P(RNCH(2)CH(2))(3)N (R = Me, i-Pr, i-Bu) in isobutyronitrile. Diastereoselectivity for the anti form of the product is high in the case of the Schiff's base in the absence of lithium ion. These catalysts are easily removed from the product by either column filtration through silica gel or via aqueous workup.     

P(RNCH2CH2)3N: AN EFFICIENT PROMOTER FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 3-SUBSTITUTED COUMARINS

ABSTRACT

The title compounds wherein R = Me or i-Pr function as efficient promoters for the formation of coumarins in good to excellent yields (80–95%) from salicylaldehydes and di-activated methylene compounds of the type R′CH₂CO₂Et (R′ = CO₂Et, COMe, CN). Although the yields are not generally superior to those reported in the literature, our methodology is more convenient in that milder conditions and shorter reaction times are facilitated by the use of the aforementioned commercially available catalysts.     

P(RNCH 2 CH 2 ) 3 N as Very Strong Non-Ionic Bases and Catalysts: Recent Advances and Applications

A rationale for the unusually strong Lewis basicity and catalytic activity of the title pro-azaphosphatranes is presented. Four stoichiometric and four catalytic uses of such pro-azaphosphatranes are described, as well as some unexpected reactions in which these bases take part. Mechanistic pathways are put forth for several of the transformations outlined.     

P(RNCH(2)CH(2))(3)N-catalyzed 1,2-addition reactions of activated allylic synthons.

Activated allylic compounds of the type RCH:CHCH(2)Z (Z = CN, CO(2)Me) react efficiently with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of 20-40 mol % of P(R'NCH(2)CH(2))(3)N at -94 to -63 degrees C. Both R = H and R = Me lead exclusively to alpha-addition products. When R = H and Z = CN, an allylic transposition occurs to afford a Baylis-Hillman product as the only product.     

P[N(i-Bu)CH2CH2]3N: a versatile ligand for the Pd-catalyzed amination of aryl chlorides

[reaction: see text] Palladium-catalyzed amination reactions of aryl chlorides with amines proceeded in the presence of the bicyclic triaminophosphine P[N(i-Bu)CH(2)CH(2)](3)N to afford the corresponding arylamines in good to excellent yields. Electron-poor, electron-neutral, and electron-rich aryl chlorides all participated with equal ease.     

Merrifield Resin-C6H4CH2N3P(MeNCH2CH2)3N: an efficient reusable catalyst for room-temperature 1,4-addition reactions and a more convenient synthesis of its precursor P(MeNCH2CH2)3N

1,4-additions to a variety of Michael acceptors with a wide variety of donors were efficiently catalyzed at room temperature by the title reusable Merrifield resin-supported catalyst. Advantages of this catalyst include a simple workup (filtration of the reaction mixture) and good to excellent product yields. We also report a substantially simplified synthesis of the commercially available strong nonionic base 1, a precursor to the title polymer-bound catalyst.     

P(MeNCH2CH2)3N: an efficient catalyst for the desilylation of tert-butyldimethylsilyl ethers

tert-Butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) ethers of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols and phenolic TBDMS ethers are desilylated to their corresponding alcohols and phenols, respectively, in DMSO, at 80 degrees C, in 68-94% yield in the presence of 0.2-0.4 equiv of P(MeNCH2CH2)3N. Using P(i-PrNCH2-CH2)3N as the catalyst, 85-97% yields of desilylated alcohols were obtained from TBDMS ethers of 1-octanol, 2-phenoxyethanol, and racemic alpha-phenyl ethanol. These are the first examples of desilylations of silyl ethers catalyzed by nonionic bases. Both catalysts were much less effective for the desilylation of tert-butyldiphenylsilyl (TBDPS) ethers (22-45% yield) under the same conditions as used for TBDMS ethers. Possible pathways involving nucleophilic attack of the anion of the solvent molecule (generated by the catalyst) at the Si-O bond of silyl ether or a prior activation of the silyl ether by the catalyst via a P-Si interaction followed by nucleophilic attack of the solvent anion are proposed on the basis of 1H and 31P NMR experimental data.     

New superhindered polydentate polyphosphine ligands P(CH2CH2P(t)Bu2)3, PhP(CH2CH2P(t)Bu2)2, P(CH2CH2CH2P(t)Bu2)3, and their ruthenium(II) chloride complexes

The synthesis and characterization of the extremely hindered phosphine ligands, P(CH(2)CH(2)P(t)Bu(2))(3) (P(2)P(3)(tBu), 1), PhP(CH(2)CH(2)P(t)Bu(2))(2) (PhP(2)P(2)(tBu), 2), and P(CH(2)CH(2)CH(2)P(t)Bu(2))(3) (P(3)P(3)(tBu), 3) are reported, along with the synthesis and characterization of ruthenium chloro complexes RuCl(2)(P(2)P(3)(tBu)) (4), RuCl(2)(PhP(2)P(2)(tBu)) (5), and RuCl(2)(P(3)P(3)(tBu)) (6). The bulky P(2)P(3)(tBu) (1) and P(3)P(3)(tBu) (3) ligands are the most sterically encumbered PP(3)-type ligands so far synthesized, and in all cases, only three phosphorus donors are able to bind to the metal center. Complexes RuCl(2)(PhP(2)P(2)(tBu)) (5) and RuCl(2)(P(3)P(3)(tBu)) (6) were characterized by crystallography. Low temperature solution and solid state (31)P{(1)H} NMR were used to demonstrate that the structure of RuCl(2)(P(2)P(3)(tBu)) (4) is probably analogous to that of RuCl(2)(PhP(2)P(2)(tBu)) (5) which had been structurally characterized.     

Intercluster reactions show that (CH3)2S(+)CH2CO2H is a better methyl cation donor than (CH3)3N(+)CH2CO2H

The intrinsic methylating abilities of the known biological methylating zwitterionic agents, dimethylsulfonioacetate (DMSA), (CH(3))(2)S?CH(2)CO(2)(-) (1) and glycine betaine (GB), (CH(3))(3)N?CH(2)CO(2)(-) (2), have been examined via a range of gas phase experiments involving collision-induced dissociation (CID) of their proton-bound homo- and heterodimers, including those containing the amino acid arginine. The relative yields of the products of methyl cation transfer are consistent in all cases and show that protonated DMSA is a more potent methylating agent than protonated GB. Since methylation can occur at more than one site in arginine, the [M+CH(3)](+) ion of arginine, formed from the heterocluster [DMSA+Arg+H](+), was subject to an additional stage of CID. The resultant CID spectrum is virtually identical to that of an authentic sample of protonated arginine-O-methyl ester but is significantly different to that of an authentic sample of protonated N(G)-methyl arginine. This suggests that methylation has occurred within a salt bridge complex of [DMSA+Arg+H](+), in which the arginine exists in the zwitterionic form. Finally, density functional theory calculations on the model salts, (CH(3)CO(2)(-))[(CH(3))(3)S(+)] and (CH(3)CO(2)(-))[(CH(3))(4)N(+)], show that methylation of CH(3)CO(2)(-) by (CH(3))(3)S(+) is both kinetically and thermodynamically preferred over methylation by (CH(3))(4)N(+).     

Force constant calculations on methyl phosphorus(III) dicyanide and methyl arsenic(III) dicyanide,CH3P(CN)2 and CH3As(CN)2

The force constants of methyl phosphorus(III) dicyanide and methyl arsenic(III) dicyanide have been calculated using a simple valence force-field approximation with interaction constants. The assignments of the observed infrared and Raman spectra are discussed in the light of these calculations. Several revisions of the previous tentative assignments are proposed.     

A Tri-Coordinate-Magnesium Silylamide Complex: {[(CH3)3Si]2N}2MgO(CH2CH2)2OMg{N[Si(CH3)3]2}2

The reaction of diethylmagnesium dioxane adduct solution with 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexamethyldisilazan ((CH₃)₃SiNHSi(CH₃)₃) gives {[(CH₃)₃Si]₂N}₂MgO(CH₂CH₂)₂OMg{N[Si(CH₃)₃]₂}₂ (1); this alkoxomagnesium silylamide in the solid state contains unprecedented three-coordinate magnesium and oxygen atoms.     

P(CH(3)NCH(2)CH(2))(3)N as a dehydrobromination reagent: synthesis of vitamin A derivatives revisited.

Although P(CH(3)NCH(2)CH(2))(3)N (1) was found to be less effective than 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene (DBN) or 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) in the removal of hydrogen bromide from vitamin A intermediates 13-cis-10-bromo-9,10-dihydroretinyl acetates (6) and 14-bromo-9,14-dihydroretinyl acetate (11) when the reaction was carried out in refluxing benzene, in acetonitrile at room temperature it was superior to DBN and DBU. A (31)P NMR study of this reaction suggests that the carbanion generated from acetonitrile-d(3) in the presence of 1 is the basic species that initiates the elimination step. Diastereoselectivity of the nucleophilic addition of (Z)-HC triple bond C(CH(3))=CHCH(2)OH to the carbonyl group of (E)-2-methyl-4-(2',6',6'-trimethyl-1'-cyclohexen-1'-yl)-3-butenal (2) was only moderate (20%), and (9R,10S)-13-cis-11,12-didehydro-9,10-dihydro-10-hydroxyretinol (3b) predominated. The LiAlH(4) reduction of the C triple bond C bond in the diastereoisomeric diols 3 afforded 13-cis-9,10-dihydro-10-hydroxyretinols 4a and 4b as major products together with 11-cis-13-cis-isomers and the deoxygenated compound (3EZ,5EZ,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-1,3,5,8-nonatetraene (9). Reaction of 15-acetates of the pure diastereoisomeric allylic alcohols 4a and 4b with PBr(3) occurred with significant but not identical retention of configuration, and with concomitant formation of the rearranged bromide 11.     

Zur solvensfreien Darstellung von Tetramethylammoniumsalzen: Synthese und Charakterisierung von [N(CH3)4]2[C2O4], [N(CH3)4][CO3(CH3)], [N(CH3)4][NO2], [N(CH3)4][CO2H] und [N(CH3)4][O2C(CH2)2CO2(CH3)]

Solvent-free Synthesis of Tetramethylammonium Salts: Synthesis and Characterization of [N(CH₃)₄]₂[C₂O₄], [N(CH₃)₄][CO₃CH₃], [N(CH₃)₄][NO₂], [N(CH₃)₄][CO₂H], and [N(CH₃)₄][O₂C(CH₂)₂CO₂CH₃] A general procedure to synthesize tetramethylammonium salts is presented. Several tetramethylammonium salts were prepared in a crystalline state by solvent-free reaction of trimethylamine and different methyl compounds at mild conditions: [N(CH₃)₄]₂[C₂O₄] (cubic; a = 1 114.8(3) pm), [N(CH₃)₄][CO₃CH₃] (P2₁/n; a = 813.64(3), b = 953.36(3), c = 1 131.3(4) pm, β = 90.03(1)°), [N(CH₃)₄][NO₂] (Pmmn; a = 821.2(4), b = 746.5(3), c = 551.5(2) pm), [N(CH₃)₄][CO₂H] (Pmmn; a = 792.8(7), b = 791.7(3), c = 563.3(4) pm) and [N(CH₃)₄][O₂C(CH₂)₂CO₂CH₃] (P2₁; a = 731.1(2), b = 826.4(3), c = 1 025.2(3) pm, β = 110.1(1)°). The tetramethylammonium salts were characterized by IR-spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The crystal structures of the methylcarbonate and the nitrite are described.     

Catalytic tail-to-tail dimerization of methyl acrylate using bis(triphenylphosphine)tricarbonyl ruthenium(0)

The complex Ru(CO)₃(PPh₃)₂ catalyzes the dimerization of methyl acrylate at 120–140°C to give tail-to-tail dimers containing predominantly dimethyl (E)-2-hexene-1,6-dioate together with small amounts of trimers and polymer. The reaction under hydrogen atmosphere selectively gave tail-to-tail dimers in improved yield without formation of trimers and polymer. Under these conditions a catalyst turnover number of 246 was obtained at 130°C in 6 h.