Iminophosphoranes, formation

Under much milder conditions, the same reaction occurs with 1,2,4-triazinone 164, resulting in the formation of a l,3,4-thiadiazolo[2,3-c][l,2,4]triazinium cation 165 (Scheme 64) (88H1935). Another cationic product is obtained upon conversion of dithiocarbazate to carbodiimide, which occurs via iminophosphorane formation and aza-Wittig reaction with... 

For the formation of iminophosphoranes from triphenylphosphine and a-bromo-ct-cyano-succinimides see Chapter 1, Section 2C. 

An aza-Wittig reaction-cycloaddition reaction sequence was utilized for the synthesis of pyridotriazines 94. Treatment of iminophosphorane 92 with phenylisocyanate leads to the formation of the corresponding carbodiimide intermediate, which with another molecule of isocyanate affords 94 in [4+2] heterocycloaddition reactions (Equation 13) <1997T16061>. 

Other routes to the key imine intermediate of the Pictet-Spengler reaction have also been reported. For example, Molina and coworkers [34] generated imine intermediate 34 by reaction of azide 32 with aldehyde 33 in the presence of tributylphosphine, via the corresponding iminophosphorane (Fig. 11). Use of triphenylphosphine was unsuccessful in the formation of an iminophosphorane. Without isolation, the intermediate was heated at 165 °C in a sealed tube with palladium on carbon, giving /J-carboline 35 in 45% yield. This com-... 

A recent communication is based on the nucleophilic substitution of N-silylated iminophosphoranes (Scheme 8), where activated chloro- (12) and nitro heterocycles (13) (triazines, pyrazines, and pyridines) are transformed into monosubstituted iminophosphoranes (14). Of special advantage are the mild reaction conditions and the preferential formation of monosubstituted... 

For the reaction of phosphane oxide with isocyanate, the rate-determining step is the formation of the oxazaphosphetane 45 via P—O—bond formation of the intermediate betaine (44), since the stable and energetically favorable P=0 double bond is broken here. Subsequent rapid decomposition of the oxazaphosphetane 45 into iminophosphorane and carbon dioxide occurs. Within the actual aza-Wittig step, the intermediate betaine (46) is generated in a rate-determining step by nucleophilic attack of the iminophosphorane nitrogen on the carbonyl C. By P —O-bond formation, betaine (46) is then converted into an oxazaphosphetane (47), which decomposes... 

A recent review on four-membered heterocycles formed from imino-phosphoranes concentrates on the preparation and the reactivity of 2,4-diimino-l,3-diazetidine and related compounds (93JPR305). As an example, the synthesis via bisiminophosphorane 85 is described in Scheme 42. The bisiminophosphorane has both a heteroaryl and a styryl site. From a mechanistic view, the reaction of the bisiminophosphorane proceeds with aryl isocyanate formation via an aza-Wittig mechanism. Intermediate car-bodiimide formation (86) occurs directly on the iminophosphorane moiety... 

An interesting l,3-oxazol-2-one synthesis of 126 starts from propargyl alcohol 125, CO2, and primary amines with n-butylphosphane as a catalyst (Scheme 50). It is not yet clear if the phosphane reacts by formation of an iminophosphorane followed by an aza-Wittig reaction with CO2 (90TL1721). 

Benzocondensed 3,l-oxazin-4-ones are also accessible via an aza-Wittig reaction (Scheme 86) (93T581). Iminophosphorane 230 affords an imidoyl chloride with aroyl chlorides. The electrophilic C atom is attacked by the ester methoxy group, and the formation of a six-membered ring 231 is thermodynamically favored. Extrusion of methyl chloride gives the stable benzoxazinone 232 (93T581). 

Very few 2/f-triazole syntheses involve azides, apart from those (such as 2-acetyl derivatives) which involve prior formation and rearrangement of IjEf-triazoles. Some vinyl diazides react with triphenyl-phosphine in mild conditions to give iminophosphoranes of 2-amino-triazoles (Scheme 36). ... 

To examine further the possible intermediacy of iminoiodinane 101, a compound having this presumed structure was prepared (Scheme 17.33) [91]. Support for the assignment of 101 was obtained upon treatment with Ph3P, which leads rapidly to the formation of iminophosphorane 102. The putative iodinane 101 also reacts with 2 mol%... 

A phosphine-free procedure has now been developed that avoids the need to prepare the iminophosphoranes altogether. Thus, treatment of benzamidines 831 with aldehydes under microwave conditions results in direct formation of 4-substituted quinazolines 832 and benzoquinazolines <2005T3533>. 

An alternative approach to N-S bond formation involves the aza-Wittig-type reaction of sulfoxides (Scheme 26) <2004SL101>. Initial Staudinger ligation of aryl azide 195 with triphenylphosphine afforded iminophosphorane 196, which was purified by column chromatography and then heated in anhydrous toluene, producing benzothiazines 62 and 197. The N-S bond was found to be rather sensitive to hydrolysis and cleavage to 198 was observed upon treatment of benzothiazines 62 or 197 with wet THF. 

Peptides. A new amide or peptide synthesis is based on the formation of iminophosphoranes, R N=PR3, from the reaction of azides with a tertiary phosphine. These phosphoranes react with carboxylic acids to form amides.1 Ethyl diphenylphosphinite is more useful than a triarylphosphine because the by-product is hydrolyzed to diphenylphosphinic acid, which can be readily removed. The iminophosphorane 2, derived from 1 and ethyl azidoacetate, reacts with CboGly-L-Phe-OH to give optically pure 3 in 70% yield.2... 

Reaction of iminophosphoranes 35 with a variety of aromatic isocyanates gives rise to the formation of imidazof 1,5-f][l, 3] benzodiazepines 36 in yields ranging from 65% to 85% (Scheme 5 Table 6) <1997T15895>. 

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