New Synthetic Routes to β-Olefinic Triphenylphosphonium Salts via (Diolefin)tricarbonyliron Complexes

The regio- and stereospecific preparation of β-olefinic triphenylphosphonium salts, starting from (diolefin)tricarbonyliron compounds is described. The latter are converted by various routes into either [(allyl)Fe(CO)₄]⁺ - or [(dienyl)Fe(CO)₃]⁺ - derivatives. The allylic cations, when reacted with P (C₆H₅)₃, yield uncomplexed (2-en-l-yl)triphenylphosphonium salts in good yields, while treatment of the dienyl cations with P(C₆H₅)₃ leads to the quantitative formation of (2,4-diene-l-yl)triphenylphosphonium ions still coordinated to the Fe (CO)₃-moiety. A method of oxidative decomplexation is described, by which the free phosphonium salts can be obtained. All new compounds were characterized by ¹³C-NMR spectra and also, where necessary, by ¹H-NMR decoupling experiments to confirm the stereochemical assignments. Many of the new phosphonium salts, potentially useful as Wittig reagents for natural product syntheses, are difficult to obtain by conventional unequivocal routes.     

Electrophilic cyclization of α- and β-geranyl acetates by mercury(II) trifluoroacetate

Electrophilic cyclization of β-geranyl acetate promoted by mercury(II) trifluoroacetate leads to mixtures of α- and γ-5αH-cyclogeranyl acetate derivatives and 6α-hydroxy-5αH-and 6α-hydroxy-5βH-cyclogeranyl acetate derivatives mercurated at the C-3 atom. The ratio of the unsaturated and hydroxymercurated products depends on the reaction conditions. α-Geranyl acetate reacts with mercury(II) trifluoroacetate to give a mixture of 6α-hydroxy-5αH-and 6α-hydroxy-5βH-geranyl acetates, mercurated at C-9, with an equatorial mercurated methylene group at C-4. The mercury-containing groups in mercurated cyclogeranyl derivatives can easily be reduced or replaced by an oxygen-containing functional group; this constitutes a convenient route to polyfunctional cyclogeranyl derivatives that are difficult to obtain. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1320–1324, July, 1997.     

Reactions of (E)-(3-Aryl-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl)triphenylphosphonium Bromides with Arylhydrazines

(E)-(3-Aryl-3-oxoprop-1en-1-yl)triphenylphosphonium bromides reacted with arylhydrazines in an acidic medium to form hydrazones, the intramolecular heterocyclization of which led to the formation of (2,5- diaryl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)triphenylphosphonium bromides. Under the action of hydrobromic acid, the resulting quaternary phosphonium salts produced saturated (3-aryl-3-oxopropyl)triphenylphosphonium salts.

     

Phosphonioethylation of phenylhydrazine and hydroxylamine and selected properties of the resulting derivatives

The reactions of phenylhydrazine and hydroxylamine with (-X-ethyl)triphenylphosphonium salts (X = Ph, Ph₃P⁺Br^–) (1, 2) afforded the corresponding -N-ethyl-substituted triphenylphosphonium salts (3, 4). The reaction of triphenyl(2-phenylhydrazinoethyl)phosphonium bromide 3with an aqueous solution of NaOH in benzene afforded a statistical mixture of the nisand transisomers of 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)acetaldehyde phenylhydrazone. (2-Hydroxyaminoethyl)triphenylphosphonium bromide reacted with sodium methoxide to give O-phosphobetaine.     

Reactions of Phosphonioalkyl Derivatives of Phenylhydrazine and Hydroxylamine

Triphenyl- and tributyl[2-(2-phenylhydrazino)ethyl]phosphonium salts undergo dehydrogenation on heating to form the corresponding phenylhydrazones in high yields. The phenylhydrazone formed from the triphenylphosphonium salt can also be prepared from triphenyl(1-alkoxy-2-bromoethyl)phosphonium bromides. The latter reaction is proposed to involve reduction of the COC group with phenylhydrazine. N,N-Diphosphonioethylation and N,N-diphosphoniopropylation of hydroxylamine are performed. Alkaline hydrolysis of the resulting diphosphonium salts gave N, N-bis[2-(diphenylphosphoryl)ethyl(propyl)]hydroxylamines in high yields.__________Translated from Zhurnal Obshchei Khimii, Vol. 75, No. 7, 2005, pp. 1132–1136.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Ovakimyan, Barsegyan, Kikoyan, Indzhikyan.     

Intramolecular dehydrochlorination of [2-(N’,N’-dialkylhydrazino)ethyl]phosphonium salts. Chemoselective alkaline hydrolysis of triphenylphosphonioalkylhydrazinium salts

The reactions of N,N-dimethylhydrazine and N-aminopiperidine with potential triphenylvinyl-and-propenylphosphonium bromides were used to obtain adducts by the α,β-double bonds of the latter. The resulting [2-(N’,N’-dimethylhydrazino)ethyl]phosphonium salts just on moderate heating in alcohol undergo dehydration leading to the corresponding hydrazone or α,β-unsaturated hydrazine derivatives. Contrary to that, [2-(N’,N’dimethylhydrazino)-2-methylethyl]triphenylphosphonium bromide under the same conditions does not undergo dehydration. The reaction of (3-bromopropyl)-and (4-bromobutyl)triphenylphosphonium bromides with N,N-dimethylhydrazine gives phosphoniohydrazinium salts with a tri-or tetramethylene common radical. When treated with equimolar amount of ethanolic sodium ethylate, the latter products undergo alkaline reduction of one of the phenyl groups to give the corresponding diphenylphosphinoylalkylhydrazinium salts in high yields.     

Features of the reaction of 4-bromobut-2-enylphosphonium salts with monosubstituted hydrazines

(4-Bromobut-2-en-1-yl)triphenylphosphonium bromide reacted with phenylhydrazine at 2°C in the presence of sodium carbonate to form triphenyl[4-(2-phenylhydrazinylidene)but-2-en-1-yl]phosphonium bromide in 62% yield. The obtained N-phenylhydrazine derivatives cyclized into the corresponding pyrazoline derivatives of phosphonium salts. Unlike phenylhydrazine, ethylhydrazine reacted with (4-bromobut-2-ene-1-yl)triphenylphosphonium bromide under the same conditions to afford triphenyl[(1-ethyl-4,5-dihydro-1Hpyrazol-3-yl)methyl]- and -[(1-ethyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)methyl]phosphonium bromides in yields of 60 and 40%.     

A new application of the Mitsunobu reaction in the synthesis of phosphonium salts

The condensation of methanol or primary alcohols with triphenylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate in the presence of ethyl azodicarboxylate and triphenylphosphine in THF at room temperature gives the respective alkyltriphenylphosphonium salts in good yields. The reaction also worked for the conversion of N-acyl-2-hydroxyglycinates into N-acyl-2-triphenylphosphonioglycinates.     

Synthesis,characterization and antibacterial studies of some new tellurated azo compounds

A series of tellurated azo compounds [i.e. (4-HOC₆H₄N=N-Ar)TeBr₃ and (4-HOC₆H₄N=N-Ar)₂TeBr₂, where Ar=5-BrC₆H₃, 5-CH₃C₆H₃ and 5-NO₂C₆H₃] were prepared by the reaction of the corresponding 2-(4-hydroxyphenylazo)aryl mercury chloride with tellurium tetrabromide in 1:1 and 2:1?mole ratio, respectively in dry dioxane as a solvent. The reduction of (4-HOC₆H₄N=N-Ar)TeBr₃ by hydrazine hydrate gave the corresponding ditelluride (i.e., (4-HOC₆H₄N=N-Ar)₂Te₂). Treatment of (4-HOC₆H₄N=N-Ar)₂TeBr₂ with hydrazine hydrate afforded the corresponding tellurides, (4-HOC₆H₄N=N-Ar)₂Te), in good yields. The structures of all newly synthesized compounds were assigned on the basis of their elemental and spectroscopic data. The antibacterial activity of tellurated azo compounds along with mercurated azo compounds was tested with agar diffusion method against the bacteria strains Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. The antibacterial activities of tellurated azo compounds were in some cases equal or better than those of the reference drug. The mercurated azo compounds were found to be the more antibacterial activity of than those of tellurated azo compounds.     

Formation of α-hydroxyketones via irregular Wittig reaction

Αddition reactions of (1-methoxyalkyl)triphenylphosphonium ylides, derived from the corresponding Wittig salts and n-BuLi, to aldehydes were investigated. It was revealed that the betaine LiX complexes, the primary adducts, were converted to α-hydroxyketones, prior to the formation of oxaphosphetanes, by addition of aqueous NH₄Cl at low temperature.     

Alkali Metal and Organo Group‐14 Element Ferrocenecarbo­selenoates: Synthesis and Structures

Lithium, sodium, and potassium ferrocenecarboselenoates were synthesized in good yields by the reaction of ferrocenoyl chloride with the corresponding metal selenides. In air, the saltsquickly oxidized to give diferrocenoyl diselenide. The salts readily reacted with alkyl and organo‐germanium, ‐tin and ‐lead halides to give the corresponding Se‐alkyl and Se‐organo Group‐14 element ferrocenecarboselenoates [(FcCOSe)_xMPh_4–x (M = Ge, Sn, Pb; x = 1–3) in moderate to good yields. In contrast, the reaction of the sodium and potassium salts with trimethylsilyl chloride led to O‐trimethylsilyl ferrocenecarboselenoate FcCSeOSiMe₃. Treatment of the O‐silyl ester with RbF and CsF led to rubidium and cesium ferrocenecarboselenoates, respectively, in good yields. The structures of FcCOSetBu, (FcCOSe)₂SnPh₂, and FcCOSePbPh₃ were revealed by X‐ray molecular structure analysis.     

Synthesis and some Reactions of Alkali Metal Carbamotelluroates

Sodium and potassium carbamotelluroates [M(R₂NCOTe), M = Na, K, Rb, Cs] were synthesized in moderate to good yields by reacting carbamoyl chloride with the corresponding alkali metal tellurides. The salts readily reacted with trimethylsilyl chloride to form O‐trimethylsilyl carbamotelluroate (R₂NCTeOSiMe₃), which further reacted with RbF and CsF to lead to the corresponding heavy alkali metal carbamotelluroates. These salts reacted with alkyl iodide and carbamoyl chlorides to give the corresponding Te‐alkyl carbamotelluroates and dicarbamoyl tellurides in moderate yields.     

Hétérocyclisation intramoléculaire par réaction d'oxymercuration. II. Oxymercuration intramolécuxlaire des allyl-2 cyclohexanols cis et trans

The intramolecular oxymercuration of two isomeric 2-allyl-cyelohexanols, has been realized with different mercuric salts. The reaction is always regiospecific, but not stereoselective, and leads to five membered mercurated heterocyclic. The reduction of organomercury compounds obtained from trans-2-allylcyclo-hexanol leads, in some cases, to a ring rearrangement, that permit us to obtain from the trans cyclised product, under different conditions either pyran or furan compounds.     

Synthesis,characterization, and computational study of some new organotellurium compounds containing azomethine groups

The reaction of ortho‐mercurated anilines with benzaldehyde gave the ortho‐mercurated Schiff bases. The reaction of the mercurated Schiff bases with tellurium tetrabromide in 1:1 and 2:1 mole ratio using dry chloroform as solvent gave the ortho‐tellurated Schiff bases compounds ArTeBr₃ and Ar₂TeBr₂, respectively, in good yields (where Ar = 5‐ClC₆H₃N=CHC₆H₅, 5‐BrC₆H₃N=CHC₆H₅, 5‐CH₃OC₆H₃N=CHC₆H₅, and 5‐NO₂C₆H₃N=CHC₆H₅). The reduction of ArTeBr₃ by hydrazine hydrate gave the corresponding ditelluride (i.e., Ar₂Te₂). Treatment of Ar₂TeBr₂ with hydrazine hydrate afforded tellurides (Ar₂Te) in good yields. Attempts to prepare the corresponding aryl tellurenyl bromides, ArTeBr, by partial reduction of ArTeBr₃ with various reducing agents were unsuccessful. All these new compounds were characterized by microanalysis, ¹H, and ¹³C NMR, IR, and mass spectroscopic data. A computational study for the Te → N interactions of all compounds was calculated using the GAUSSIAN 03 program package. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 19:307–315, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/hc.20437     

A Facile Conversion of Tertiary Amines into [2-(dialkylamino)vinyl]triphenylphosphonium salts

Halogenation of Et₃N, (i-Pr)₂EtN, and N-ethylmorpholine or of enamines with dichlorotriphenylphosphorane gives in up to 75% yield the corresponding [2-(dialkylamino)vinyl]triphenylphosphonium chlorides, which can be readily converted into the corresponding stable crystalline tetraphenylborates (Schemes 2 and 3).     

New aromatizational transformations of 4-methyl-4-trichloromethyl-substituted 2,5-cyclohexadiene triphenylphosphonium and pyridinium ylides: Abstraction or 1,6-migration of the CCl3 group

4-methyl-4-trichloromethylcyclohexadiene triphenylphosphonium ylide obtained by treatment of (1-methyl-1-tricholoromethylcyclohexa-2,4-dien-4-yl)-triphenylphosphonium bromide with BuⁿLi in THF is stabilized by the abstraction of the CCl₃ group to give (p-tolyl)triphenylphosphonium cation, which was isolated as the corresponding hydroxide. Conversely, an analogous pyridinium ylide, obtained by treatment ofZ/E stereoizomericN-(1-methyl-1-trichloromethylcyclohexa-2,5-dien-4-yl)pyridiunium bromide with a base (piperidine in CD₂Cl₂, BuⁿLi in THF), at temperatures above −40 °C, undergoes a novel high-yield aromatizational skeletal rearrangement with migration of the CCl₃ group to position 2 of the heterocycle. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 386–388, February, 1997.     

The effect of heavy metals on the anthracene–Me-β-cyclodextrin host–guest inclusion complexes

Anthracene was used to form an inclusion complex with methylated-β-cyclodextrin (Me-β-CD) in water. In aqueous Me-β-CD solution, typical fluorescence emission of anthracene was observed. Benesi–Hildebrand's method was used to obtain the stoichiometry of the anthracene–Me-β-CD complex. The Stern–Volmer quenching constants, K_sv, and fluorescence quantum yields were calculated according to changes in the fluorescence emission intensity of anthracene–Me-β-CD inclusion complexes by adding various amounts of Pb²⁺ and Cd²⁺ salts in water. The K_sv values and fluorescence quantum yields indicate that Pb²⁺ salts quench the anthracene–Me-β-CD inclusion complexes more efficiently than Cd²⁺ salts.     

Effects of Phosphorus Substituents on Reactions of α-Alkoxyphosphonium Salts with Nucleophiles

The effects of phosphorus substituents on the reactivity of α-alkoxyphosphonium salts with nucleophiles has been explored. Reactions of α-alkoxyphosphonium salts, prepared from various acetals and tris(o-tolyl)phosphine, with a variety of nucleophiles proceeded efficiently. These processes represent the first examples of high-yielding nucleophilic substitution reactions of α-alkoxyphosphonium salts. The reactivity of these salts was determined by a balance between steric and electronic factors, respectively, represented by cone angles θ and CO stretching frequencies ν (steric and electronic parameters, respectively). In addition, a novel reaction of α-alkoxyphosphonium salts derived from Ph₃P with Grignard reagents was observed to take place in the presence of O₂ to afford alcohols in good yields. A radical mechanism is proposed for this process that has gained support from isotope-labeling and radical-inhibition experiments.     

Darstellung von Oxalatosilicaten aus SiO2

Preparation of Oxalatosilicates from SiO₂ Amorphous silica (aerosil, silica gel, or kieselguhr) reacts with oxalic acid under anhydrous conditions in presence of appropriate bases, forming oxalatosilicates. Tris(oxalota)silicates of triethylammonium, dicyclohexylammonium, triphenylphosphonium and K(18-crown-6) are obtained in high yields by this reaction.