Microwave‐Assisted Functionalization of Phosphinic Acids: Amidations versus Esterifications

Both the reaction enthalpies and enthalpies of activation obtained by high‐level quantum chemical calculations were against the direct amidation of phosphinic acids under traditional thermal conditions. However, the amidations, not expected to proceed on the basis of the endothermicity and the significantly high enthalpies of activation, did take place under microwave (MW) conditions in 30–36% conversions. As a comparison, the direct esterifications of phosphinic acids that are thermoneutral and have higher enthalpies of activation were quite efficient under MW conditions. The outcome of the MW‐assisted amidation is the balance of two effects. The local overheating effect could overcome the barrier meant by the enthalpy of activation, but the endothermicity works against this. Comparison of the results of the syntheses and the energetics calculated for the esterification and amidation of phosphinic acids enabled us to draw more general conclusions on the scope and limitation of the use of MW irradiation in organic syntheses. The traditional amidation of phosphinic acids via the phosphinic chloride intermediate gave the products in much better yields. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 24:91–99, 2013; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com . DOI 10.1002/hc.21068     

The synthesis of six‐membered P‐heterocycles with sterically demanding substituent on the phosphorus atom

The ring enlargement of 1‐(2,4,6‐trialkylphenyl)2,5‐dihydro‐1H‐phosphole oxides ( 1 ) via 6,6‐dichloro‐3‐Phosphabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes ( 2 ) afforded the double‐bond isomers of 1,2‐dihydrophosphinine oxides ( 3 ). Catalytic hydrogenation of the isomeric 1‐(di‐tert‐butyltolyl)‐1,2‐dihydrophosphinine oxides ( 3a ) gave the diastereomers of phosphinane oxide ( 4 ), while that of the 1‐(tri‐isopropylphenyl) isomers ( 5 ) led predominantly to phospholane oxides ( 6 ) formed by ring contraction. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 12:528–533, 2001     

Diels-Alder adducts of 4-chloro-1,6-dihydrophosphinine derivatives: A new precursor of 2-phosphapropene

The 4-chloro-1,6-dihydrophosphinine derivatives, prepared as a mixture of 3- and 5-methyl isomers from the thermolysis of dichlorocarbene adducts with 1-R-3-methylphospholene oxide (R  Me, MeO, EtO, n-PrO, i-PrO), participate in Diels-Alder reactions with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate and N-phenylmaleimide. The former reactant is of special value since the 2-phosphabicyclo[2.2.2]octa-5,7-diene framework is thermally labile and undergoes retrocycloaddition by a different path, eliminating the C P bridging unit as a low-coordinate species. Thus, in the case of R  Me, the initial phosphine oxides (a mixture of isomers) have been reduced to the phosphines and these undergo straightforward fragmentations on heating at 50°C to produce 2-phosphapropene. The reactions of this transient species with water and alcohols have been investigated. Unlike the case of stabilized phosphaalkenes, hydration occurs smoothly without catalysis to produce Me₂P(O)H; addition of alcohols gives phosphinites, Me₂POR. The structure of the Diels-Alder adducts was confirmed by ³¹P, ¹H, and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Each of the isomeric 1,6-dihydrophosphinine oxides gives two diastereomeric adducts; partial separation of some of the resulting four-component mixtures was achieved with silica gel chromatography.     

Convenient synthesis of 1-aryl-9H-β-carboline-3-carbaldehydes and their transformation into dihydropyrimidinone derivatives by Biginelli reaction

In the present work, a practical synthesis of 1-aryl-β-carboline-3-carbaldehydes as versatile building blocks and their application in Biginelli reaction is reported. The starting material of the four-step synthesis is racemic tryptophan methyl ester. The procedure involves a Pictet–Spengler cyclization, a dehydrogenation, an ester reduction, and an alcohol oxidation step. The β-carboline-3-carbaldehydes were further transformed using a Biginelli reaction into derivatives containing a pharmacologically significant dihydropyrimidine ring at position-3.     

Hydroformylation of styrene in the presence of rhodium-2,4,6-trialkylphenyl-phosphole in situ catalytic systems

The hydroformylation of styrene was carried out in the presence of in situ rhodium catalysts containing 1-arylphospholes with different substituents in position 2 or 3. The aryl substituents were varied from phenyl to different sterically hindered 2,4,6-trialkylphenyls. The structures and Bird-indices (BIs) of the phospholes with different steric and electronic properties were determined by DFT calculations. High chemoselectivities towards hydroformylation, as well as regioselectivities towards the branched formyl regioisomer (2-phenyl-propanal) were obtained at a temperature of 40 °C. Similarly, high chemoselectivity was accompanied by a decreased regioselectivity at 100 °C. The phospholes with an exocyclic P-function in position 2 or 3 showed higher catalytic activity.     

Aryl-2,3-oxaphosphabicyclo[2.2.2]octene derivatives—the precursors of oxoarylphosphine oxides (aryl metaphosphonates)

The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of 7-phosphanorbornene 7-oxides with sterically demanding substituents on the phosphorus atom (4a-d) by m-chloroperbenzoic acid afforded the title products (5a-d) as a mixture of two regioisomers (A and B). Isomer A, the result of thermodynamic control, was stable, while isomer B, the product of kinetic control, underwent decomposition and/or epoxidation. Single crystal X-ray analysis of P-(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl) oxaphosphabicyclooctene (5Ac) was not only useful in the evaluation of its structure, but, for the first time in the literature, a low-coordinated arylmetaphosphonate (15c) formed by fragmentation on X-ray irradiation could also be detected. The precursors (5Aa-c) were utilized in the thermoinduced and UV light-mediated fragmentation-related phosphorylations of alcohols. Beside the well-known elimination-addition mechanism via the metaphosphonate intermediate (15), a novel addition-elimination route involving a species with a pentavalent pentacoordinated phosphorus atom (16) was also substantiated.     

Resolution of 1-substituted-3-methyl-3-phospholene 1-oxides by molecular complex formation with TADDOL derivatives

The antipodes of 1-aryl-, 1-alkyl- and 1-alkoxy-3-methyl-3-phospholene 1-oxides 1a–h and 1-phenyl-3-methyl-3-phospholene 1-sulfide 1i were separated in good yields and high enantiomeric excesses (up to >99% ee) by resolution via formation of diastereomeric complexes with either (−)-(4R,5R)-4,5-bis(diphenylhydroxymethyl)-2,2-dimethyldioxolane 2 (TADDOL) or (−)-(2R,3R)-,,′,′-tetraphenyl-1,4-dioxaspiro[4.5]decan-2,3-dimethanol 3. The stereostructure of the supramolecular formations and the absolute configurations of the 3-phospholene oxides 1a, 1e and 1f were elucidated by single crystal X-ray crystallography. CD spectroscopy was also useful in determining the absolute configurations of some phospholene oxides 1b, 1c, 1g and 1h.     

Platinum(II) complexes of 2-alkoxy-dibenzo[c.e][1,2]oxaphosphorines

2-Alkoxy-dibenzo[c.e][1,2]oxaphosphorines were prepared by the reaction of chloro-dibenzooxaphosphorine with alcohols and were converted to the cyclic phosphonates by oxidation and to the corresponding phosphonous boranes by reaction with borane-dimethylsulfide. Interaction of the alkoxy-dibenzooxaphosphorines with dichlorodibenzonitrileplatinum led to bis(dibenzooxaphosphorino)dichloroplatinum complexes exhibiting the P-ligands in the cis disposition. Relative energetics for the prepared cis and the theoretically possible trans isomers of the complexes along with their stereostructures were investigated by quantum chemical calculations.     

Novel functionalised P-ligands: advances and application

Novel endo- and exocyclic phosphine ligands possessing different functionalities obtained by reduction of the PO precursors with desired stereochemistry are discussed. The diastereoselective deoxygenation including the catalytic reduction processes, the factors defining the reactivity and the role of the substituents on the stability of phosphorus atom configuration in a series of 3-aryl-3-phosphabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes are reported. The complexation features of the ligands with Rh(III) and Pd(II) were examined and Rh(III) complexes were tested in styrene hydroformylation showing the structure-activity dependence.