Synthesis of organic phosphines and phosphine oxides from elemental phosphorus and phosphine in the presence of strong bases

Data on the reactions of elemental phosphorus and phosphine with electrophilic reagents are described systematically and analyzed. These reactions occur in the presence of strong bases and yield primary, secondary, and tertiary phosphines and phosphine oxides. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1695–1702, September, 1998.     

Atom-Economic Synthesis of Tris[2-(organylthio)ethyl]phosphine Oxides from Phosphine and Vinyl Sulfides

Abstract

Phosphine, generated from elemental phosphorus in the system KOH-toluene-H₂O, reacts with vinyl sulfides under free radical conditions (AIBN, dioxane, 65–70°C, atmospheric pressure) to form regiospecifically tris[2-(organylthio)ethyl]phosphines, which are readily oxidized in air to corresponding tris[2-(organylthio)ethyl]phosphine oxides.     

Metal-free reduction of tertiary phosphine oxides with Hantzsch ester简

The （COCl）2/Hantzsch ester is found to be an effective system for the metal-free reduction of tertiary phosphine oxides. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions, and is applicable to triarylphosphine oxides and alkyldiarylphosphine oxides to produce the corresponding tertiary phosphines in good to excellent yields. This new finding provides a practical, convenient and metal-free method for the reduction of tertiary phosphine oxides to tertiary phosphines, and shows potential application in organic synthesis.     

Assessment of the electronic properties of P ligands stemming from secondary phosphine oxides

We report the study of the net donating ability of monodentate and bidentate P ligands stemming from secondary phosphine oxides (SPOs). We experimentally measured and/or calculated the frequencies of CO stretching modes of various metal carbonyl complexes. The inferred electronic properties of the ligands span an unprecedented range, going from π-accepting phosphite-like compounds, to extremely electron-donating ligands outclassing N-heterocyclic carbenes.     

Benson group additivity values of phosphines and phosphine oxides: Fast and accurate computational thermochemistry of organophosphorus species

Composite quantum chemical methods W1X-1 and CBS-QB3 are used to calculate the gas phase standard enthalpy of formation, entropy, and heat capacity of 38 phosphines and phosphine oxides for which reliable experimental thermochemical information is limited or simply nonexistent. For alkyl phosphines and phosphine oxides, the W1X-1, and CBS-QB3 results are mutually consistent and in excellent agreement with available G3X values and empirical data. In the case of aryl-substituted species, different computational methods show more variation, with G3X enthalpies being furthest from experimental values. The calculated thermochemical data are subsequently used to determine Benson group additivity contributions for 24 Benson groups and group pairs involving phosphorus, thereby allowing fast and accurate estimations of thermochemical data of many organophosphorus compounds of any complexity. Such data are indispensable, for example, in chemical process design or estimating potential hazards of new chemical compounds. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Thermal rearrangement of bis(hydroxymethyl)phosphines as a way to P-chiral phosphine oxides

Bis(hydroxymethyl)(2-pyridyl)- and bis(hydroxymethyl)-[(2-pyridyl)ethyl]phosphines on heating to 180 °C undergorearrangement leading to racemic P-chiral tertiary P-methyl-P-(hydroxymethyl)-containing phosphine oxides. The spontaneous self-resolution of these enantiomer mixtures during the crystallization was demonstrated.     

The preparation of perfluoroalkenyl allenes (trienes) and pentafluorophenyl allenes

Trifluorovinyl- and (Z)-pentafluoropropenylcopper reagents readily react with propargylic halides or tosylates. With primary propargylic substrates, the major product is the alkyne. With secondary propargylic substrates, mixtures of alkyne/allene are obtained; the allene product is the major product. With tertiary propargylic substrates, the allene is regiospecifically and stereospecifically formed in good isolated yields. With pentafluorophenyl copper and primary propargylic substrates, the major product is pentafluorobenzene. With secondary and tertiary propargylic substrates, the allene is regiospecifically formed in good isolated yields.     

Synthesis of polymers containing tertiary phosphine oxides using complex bases

Tertiary phosphine oxides have been prepared in excellent yield from primary alkyl halides or aromatic halides and activated sodium phosphinates obtained by reaction of dialkyl phosphine oxides with complex bases (NaNH₂/tBuONa). This reaction has been successfully applied to soluble and cross-linked bromopolystyrenes and to macroporous polystyrenes with bromooctyl substituents giving polymers which contain pendant phosphine oxide groups.     

Enantioselective synthesis of secondary phosphine oxides from (RP)-(−)-menthyl hydrogenophenylphosphinate

Alkyl- and arylphenylphosphine oxides can easily be synthesized with an excellent enantiomeric excess starting from diastereomerically pure (R_P)-(−)-menthylhydrogenophenylphosphinate and organometallic reagents.     

Synthesis and structure of bis(2-phenylethyl) phosphine selenide

Bis(2-phenylethyl)phosphine selenide was obtained with 86% yield from bis(2-phenylethyl)phosphine and selenium. XRD, IR, UV, and multinuclear NMR spectroscopic studies revealed that the phosphorus atom in the bis(2-phenylethyl)phosphine selenide molecule is four-coordinated irrespective of the phase state (crystals or solution).     

Synthesis and characterisation of nonclassical ruthenium hydride complexes containing chelating bidentate and tridentate phosphine ligands

The synthesis and characterisation of nonclassical ruthenium hydride complexes containing bidentate PP and tridentate PCP and PNP pincer-type ligands are described. The mononuclear and dinuclear ruthenium complexes presented have been synthesised in moderate to high yields by the direct hydrogenation route (one-pot synthesis) or in a two-step procedure. In both cases [Ru(cod)(metallyl)(2)] served as a readily available precursor. The influences of the coordination geometry and the ligand framework on the structure, binding, and chemical properties of the M--H(2) fragments were studied by X-ray crystal structure analysis, spectroscopic methods, and reactivity towards N(2), D(2), and deuterated solvents.     

New addition and cyclization reactions involving phosphorus based allenes

In this paper, we describe convenient methods for functionally active phenol addition reaction of allenylphosphonates/allenyl phosphine oxides. These reactions lead to either vinyl or allylphosphonates. In the reaction α-aryl allenylphosphonates with 2-iodophenol in the presence of Pd nanoparticles [Pd-PVP] isomeric vinylphosphonates are preferentially obtained. A novel cyclization reaction of 2-iodo-t-butylbenzaldimine with and allenylphosphine oxide that leads to an isoquinoline is also discovered; the product is characterized by single crystal X-ray structure determination.     

Synthesis of chiral allenes from ynamides through a highly stereoselective Saucy-Marbet rearrangement

A highly stereoselective Saucy-Marbet rearrangement using chiral ynamides and propargyl alcohols is described here. This rearrangement can be catalyzed by para-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid and leads to high diastereoselectivities for a range of different chiral propargyl alcohols and ynamides in a stereochemically intriguing matched, mismatched or indifferent manner. The stereoselective Saucy-Marbet rearrangement of ynamides provides an excellent entry to highly substituted chiral homo allenyl alcohols.