Halides phosphonic acids

Phosphonous acid diesters undergo the Arbusov reaction with a wide variety of organic halides, giving esters of secondary phosphinic acids, as is demonstrated in Eq. (88) ... 

B. Reactions.—(/) Nucleophilic Attack at Phosphorus. A reinvestigation of the reaction between phosphorus trichloride and t-butylbenzene in the presence of aluminium chloride has shown that the product after hydrolysis is the substituted phosphinic acid (11), and not the expected phosphonic acid (12). Bis(A-alkylamino)phosphines have been reported to attack chlorodiphenyl phosphine with nitrogen, in the presence of a base, to give bis-(A-alkyl-A-diphenylphosphinoamino)phenylphosphines (13). In (13), the terminal phosphorus atoms are more reactive than the central one towards sulphur and towards alkyl halides. 

Dielectric relaxation studies of phosphorylated polyethers from — 180° to 200 °C have been used to study their structures. The magnitude of the dielectric constants of high-phosphonic-acid-content polymers is much larger than predicted, which suggests a microphase-separated structure. Conductance studies on some aryl- and alkyl-phosphonium salts showed a higher conductance for the halides than for the nitrate. ... 

Hoerold, S., Weferling, N., and Breuer, H.-R, Preparation of phosphonic acid esters from alkyl halides and elemental phosphorus, and their use, Ger. DE 19,828,861, 2 Dec. 1999 Chem. Abstr., 132, 12410r, 2000. 

In the instances of phosphorous and phosphonous acid systems, the generation of a new C-P bond via the classical Michaelis-Arbuzov reactions as noted above leads to products that are esters themselves. Isolation of the free acid product requires cleavage of the ester linkage in a separate reaction step, generally after isolation and purification of the initial product. The advent of silyl phosphorus reagents for the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction allowed free acid products to be isolated simply by water workup of the reaction system. Further, since the byproduct was a silyl-halide, the general concern that the by-product halide would participate in an extraneous Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction was obviated. 

Several methods for the preparation of the parent compound in this system, tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite, have been reported.114 118 The application of this and related reagents in reaction with alkyl halides has been reported and used for the preparation of a variety of phosphonic acid analogues of phospholipids.114119-124 Interestingly, alkyl chlorides appear to be more reactive with the silyl reagents than do alkyl iodides, a reversal of the normally observed trend with alkyl esters of the phosphorus acids. (The particular use of silyl phosphorus reagents for the synthesis of biologically significant compounds has... 

The reaction is performed most simply by the addition of the propargylic alcohol to a solution of the phosphorus halide. Rearrangement of the phosphorus ester proceeds at ambient temperature or with mild heating. When phosphorus trihalides are used, the product can be isolated as the phosphonic dichloride.168169 Aqueous workup provides the phosphonic acid.162 In most instances, however, a dialkyl phosphorochloridite with only a single halogen on phosphorus available for reaction with alcohol has been used.165 170 174... 

Metal ions have been shown to catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphate esters, phosphoric and phosphonic acid halides, and various phosphoric acid anhydrides including acyl phosphates, pyrophosphate derivatives, and ATP. 

A striking difference to pyridine is the lack of basicity and nucleophilicity for phosphabenzene and arsabenzene, which are protonated at the a- and y-carbon atoms (this reaction is responsible for deuteration). Neither alkyl halides nor trialkyloxo-nium salts can alkylate phosphabenzene, therefore there will be no discussion of quaternary salts for these pnictogena-hetarenes. Whereas pyridine can be oxidized to the zwitterionic N-oxide, phosphabenzene affords non-aromatic -oxidation products 35 and 36 with tetracoordinated P(V) phosphorus atoms, similar to phosphin-oxides and phosphonic acids, respectively. 

The synthesis of a,ft--unsaturated halides has been realized via new dephosphorylation reactions of ,/l-clhylcnic and acetylenic phosphonic acid monoesters with (biscollidine)iodine(I) or (biscollidine)bromine(I) hexafluorophosphate (Scheme 6)23... 

The original reaction procedures have steadily been extended and improved, and an overwhelming number of catalyst systems are now known. Besides aryl halides, many additional substrates, for example aryl triflates, diazonium salts, sulfonyl and aroyl halides, carboxylic and phosphonic acids, and even arenes have been used as... 

In contrast to stabilizers, fire retardants must be added in much higher concentrations, which affect thermal and mechanical properties as well as cost. Sherr and co-workers report that novel derivatives of phosphine oxides, phosphonic acids, phosphinic acid, and phosphonium halides may be used generally in concentrations as low as 2.5-5 p.p.h. to be effective fire retardants in polyethylene and poly (methyl methacrylate). 

Mono- and diphosphonium halides have been found to be flame retardants for plastic materials. Their effectiveness can be related to the formation of various active phosphorus compounds, as well as to many of the postulated mechanisms for flame retardant action. The compounds are postulated to be effective because they decompose on ignition to thermally stable phosphine oxides or phosphonic acids which, in turn, are decomposed to continuous films of phosphate glass. In addition, the phosphonium halides form alkyl halides which cool the flame and/or form halogen acids which are fame retardants. 

Tn the preceding chapter (19) we described the use of phosphine A oxides, phosphonic acids, and phosphinic acids as flame retardants for thermoplastic materials. We also have found phosphonium halides to be effective flame retardants for plastics (5, 6). These compounds were either the monophosphonium halides,... 

Although compounds of composition P(OR)3 are well known and are useful as ligands (Section 10-17) and in other ways, they are subject to the Arbuzov reaction with alkyl halides, which converts them to diesters of phosphonic acids ... 

AUcoxyaminophosphines react with alkyl halides in an Arbuzov Michaelis type reaction to form phosphonic acid diamides via thermally unstable phosphonium intermediates (equation 5). ... 

A sequence starting with methylenebis[phosphonic acid] tetraester carbanions, and consisting of alkylation with an appropriate 3-substituted-propyl halide, side-chain modification, and cyclization, ultimately affords the tetraalkyl esters of cyclopropane-1,l-bis[phosphonic acid], and from which the free acid has been obtained.The reaction between 1,2-dibromoethane and ethyl (diethoxyphosphinyl) acetate or ethyl... 

Diaryl methyl- and benzyl-phosphonates are conveniently prepared in high yields by heating mixtures of triaryl phosphites, methanol or benzyl alcohol, and a trace of methyl or benzyl halide. In a reaction that is usefully complementary to the previously reported formation of pyridine-2-phosphonic acid derivatives from sodium dialkyl phosphonates and //-methoxypyridinium compounds ( Organophosphorus Chemistry , Vol. 7, p. 111), N-triphenylmethylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate affords the pyridine-4-phosphonic dialkyl ester when heated with sodium dialkyl phosphonates. ... 

Camphor and camphor-derived analogs are used frequently as chiral auxiliaries in asymmetric synthesis. There have been numerous reports in the use of camphor imine as templates to direct enantioselective alkylation for the synthesis of a-amino acids, a-amino phosphonic acids, a-substituted benzylamines, and a-amino alcohols (e.g.. Scheme 9) [43-47]. Enantiomeric excesses of the products range from poor to excellent, depending on the type of alkyl halides used. 

Conant, J.B.. and Coyne, B.B., Addition reactions of the phosphorus halides. Part 5. The foimation of an unsaturated phosphonic acid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 44, 2530, 1922 Chem. Abstr., 17, 273a. 1923. Gajda. T.. A convenient synthesis of diethyl 1-chloroalkylphosphonates, Synthesis, 111, 1990. Pudovik, A.N.. Zimin, M.G., and Sobanov, A.A., Reactions of dialkyl phosphites withketones activated by electronegative groups, Zh. Obshch. Khim., 42, 2174. 1972 Chem. Abstr., 78, 58543, 1973. Johnson. R.A.. Aryhnethylphosphonates and phosphonic acids useful as anti-inflammatory agents, their preparation, and their activity, Upjohn, U.S. Patent Appl. US 5500417, 1996 Chem. Abstr. 124. 307587. 1996. 

Morita, T., Okamoto, Y. and Sakurai. 1L, Dealkylation reaction of acetals, phosphonate, and phosphate esters with chlorotrimethylsilane/mclal halide reagent in acetonihile, and its application to the synthesis of phosphonic acids and vinyl phosphates. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.. 54, 267, 1981. 

Abramov, V.S., and Samoilova. O.D.. Action of halide salts of alkali metals on esters of alkane-phosphonic acids, Zh. Obshch. Khim.. 22. 914, 1952 Chem. Abstr, 47, 4838d, 1953. 

Synthetic Methods.— Direct routes to phosphonic acid derivatives from olefins and phosphorus halides continue to be explored. In the presence of oxygen, phosphorus tribromide reacts with olefins by a radical mechanism in a manner analogous to the corresponding chloride, giving 2-bromoalkyl-l-phosphonyl dibromides. The reaction of phosphorus trichloride and per-chloryl fluoride with hex-1-ene gives moderate yields of (55), the direction of... 

Nitration of benzyl- and 2-phenylethyl-phosphonic acids under the usual conditions gives, as expected, the o- and p-nitro-derivatives. ° Diesters of benzylphosphonic acid may be alkylated at the benzylic position by treatment with strong base and alkyl halide mercuric acetate, however, cleaves the C—P bond, giving (98) and benzyl acetate. The related phosphinate (99) is... 

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