Equilibrium between a vinylogous ylide and a phosphonium dienolate zwitterion: vinylogous Wittig olefination versus vinylogous aldol-type reaction

This paper describes the equilibrium established between a phosphonium dienolate zwitterion and a vinylogous phosphorus ylide, and their reactions with aldehydes. The reactions between ethyl 2-methyl-2,3-butadienoate and various aldehydes occur through either a phosphonium dienolate or a vinylogous ylide intermediate, depending on the presence/absence of a Lewis acid and the nature of the phosphine. We observed a rare vinylogous Wittig olefination from the reaction between ethyl 2-methyl-2,3-butadienoate and an electron-deficient aromatic aldehyde in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of an electron-deficient triarylphosphine and a catalytic amount of a Lewis acid (e.g., BF₃·Et₂O). On the other hand, the use of triphenylphosphine, in the absence of a Lewis acid, facilitated vinylogous aldol addition, accompanied by a rare 1,2-aryl phosphorus-to-carbon migration.     

路易斯酸催化苯基重氮乙酸甲酯,苄醇和N-甲基靛红三组分反应

在过渡金属催化下,苯基重氮乙酸甲酯分解产生的卡宾与苄醇生成羟基叶立德,与N-甲基靛红发生类似于羟醛缩合的反应.铜催化剂和其他路易斯酸用于催化这类三组分反应中,获得了与二价铑不同的化学和立体选择性.手性铜催化剂初步实现了不对称催化,获得了中等程度的对映选择性.     

Tris(benzophenoneimino)phosphane and Related Compounds

A new group of bases with benzophenoneiminyl (bpi) moiety has been synthesized and characterized in this work. The title compound tris(benzophenoneimino)phosphane (P(bpi)₃) 1 was prepared with a convenient one-pot approach: benzophenone imine was deprotonated using MeMgCl and reacted with PBr₃ in diglyme. The method could be considered as a method of choice for preparing other (amino)phosphanes in case lithio-intermediates and/or protonated phosphane is out of consideration. Phosphane 1 is further used to prepare a range of related phosphonium cations and phosphazenes. Phosphonium cations were deprotonated to assess the stability of the resulting phosphonium ylides. In some cases, the bulky substances were capable of forming P−N heterocycles. Experimental (MeCN) and computational (MeCN, THF, gas-phase) basicities of benzophenone imine, phosphane 1 , phosphonium ylides, and phosphazenes, as well as some representative XRD structures, are presented and discussed.     

Rh(III)-Catalyzed Annulative Coupling of Sulfoxonium Ylides with Allyl Acetates: Generation of Bicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-2-ones

A highly efficient Rhodium(III)-catalyzed annulative coupling was developed for generating bicyclo[4.1.0] heptan-2-ones from sulfoxonium ylides and allyl acetates under mild conditions. This cascade reaction is versatile to construct cyclopropanes, and the starting materials are stable and easily obtainable.