7-Ketophosphonate derivatives

A catalytic enantioselective Claisen rearrangement of enolphosphonates to a-ketophosphonate derivatives (Scheme 6) ° and a chelate Claisen rearrangement for the stereoselective synthesis of / -substituted y,5-unsaturated ammo acids" have been reported (Scheme 7). 

General.—The relatively unreactive diethyl arylmethylphosphonates have been used quite successfully in alkene synthesis with phase-transfer catalysis.100 In a comparative study it was shown that anions derived from /S-ketophosphonamides (109) have very low reactivity whereas those from 0-ketophosphonates (110) react quite well with aldehydes to give frwjj-alkenes.101 Benzyl dimethyl phosphonoacetate (111) can be used to form alkenes, e.g. (112), from which the benzyl group can be removed by hydrogenolysis without disturbing the C=C bond.102 The carbanions (113) can be... 

The same process has been extended to trialkylphosphonoacetates. Acylation with acid chlorides of the magnesium enolates derived from trimethyl and triethyl phospho-noacetates using a MgCl2/Et3N system provides 2-acyl dialkylphosphonoacetates. Further decarboxylation of these latter compounds affords /3-ketophosphonates . 

Treatment of a readily enolizable 1,3-dicarbonyl derivative with a mixture of diethylzinc and diiodomethane generates a 1,4-dicarbonyl by a chain extension process through the corresponding cyclopropanol derivative (equation 23) . Several enolizable starting materials such as / -ketophosphonates °, / -keto amides and amino acid skeletons have been subjected to these chain extension conditions. 

A catalytic route using a manganese (III) complex has been developed for a-hydroxylation of ketones avoiding the use of water or a protic solvent mixtures of a-hydroxyketones and their silyl derivatives were formed in excellent yield. By using a chiral pyrrolidine-based manganese (III) complex as catalyst, asymmetric oxidation was effected, with enantiomeric excess varying from 14 to 62% [30], Another kind of a-functionalized ketones resulted from silyl enol ethers which after the addition of IOB.BF3 were treated with triethyl phosphite a-ketophosphonates were obtained in this way [31] ... 

Pyrimido[5,4-c]-l,2,5-oxadiazinones (417) are suitable starting materials to construct annulated pyrazines. Reaction with carbanions derived from CH-acidic compounds, activated by two different electron-withdrawing functions, proceed in a regioselective manner by initial attack at the N—O bond. Triethyl phosphonoacetate, /f-ketophosphonates, nitro ketones, nitro esters, sulfonylacetates, and JV-acetoacetylglycine have been applied to form 6,7-disubstituted lumazines (418) (Equation (18)) <91H(32)79>. 

Protocol 2 produces the protected fi-formylphosphonate 12 f)-ketophospho-nates may also be synthesized by other methods,23 however, they may not be prepared in unprotected form by the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction because the Perkow reaction, in which an a-haloaldehyde or ketone and a trialkyl phosphite yield an enol phosphate (e.g. 13, Scheme 5,24 i.e. [P—O] bond formation), competes and frequently dominates (see Section 4). Conversely halocarboxylic acid derivatives (e.g. see Table 7.1, entry 3) and acyl halides (see Protocol 3) react well in the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction to yield useful functionalized phosphonates. fi-Ketophosphonates are useful reagents for the synthesis of a,fi-unsaturated carbonyl compounds by the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction,3,4 25 and have other applications.23... 

Several interesting approaches to the synthesis of /I-ketophosphonates have recently been described. Typically, standard Arbuzov synthesis of /1-ketophospho-nates is unsatisfactory due to a competing Perkow reaction [51]. However, y,d-unsaturated /1-ketophosphonates are obtained in high yield via Arbuzov reaction of triethyl phosphite with a-iodoenones, readily available from tertiary allenic alcohols [52]. Another successful example of an Arbuzov-based approach involves reaction of bromoacetylated polystyrene with triethyl phosphite, which provided immobilized /J-ketophosphonate in excellent yield [53]. In another approach, the lithio derivative of dimethyl methylphosphonate was reacted with Weinreb amide to obtain the corresponding /J-ketophosphonate [54]. a,a-Diflu-oro-a-ketophosphonates have been synthesized via a cerium-mediated route... 

The Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction between bis(benzyloxy)benzalde-hydes and an ester-substituted benzylphosphonate or triethylphosphonoacetate, yield the correponding stilbene or cinnamate derivatives, respectively. These are crucial steps in the synthesis of chiral AB2 monomers which are themselves valuable dendrimer precursors. Standard Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions between P-ketophosphonates and aldehydes have been used in the synthesis... 

The thermal rearrangement of diarylcyclobutenones 353 gives the naphthol derivatives 354 (equation 169) . The cyclobutane derivatives 355 undergo a retro-Diels-Alder reaction and rearrangement to produce naphthol 356 (equation 170) . The formation of cyclobutene intermediate 358 was assumed for the transformation of trans-a-diazo-fi-ketophosphonates 357 into naphthols 359 (equation 171). ... 

The synthesis of difluorophosphonates by the nucleophilic fluorination of a-ketophosphonates with DAST has been mainly used to obtain (phosphonodifluoromethyl)phenylalaifine derivatives for use as nonhydrolyzable phosphotyrosine mimics. The reaction is carried out neat, at room temperature, to afford the desired a,oc-difluorobenzylphosphonates in 43-79% yields (Scheme 3.41). 255-26i... 

To explore the viability of chiral auxiliaries in the vinyl phosphate-p-ketophosphonate rearrangement, a series of vinyl phosphates derived from ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, (lR,2S,5R)-(-)-menthol, (15,25,35,57 )-(-i-)-isopinocampheol, (5)-(-)-2-methylbutanol, binaphtol, and (2R,4R)- or (25,45)-pentane-2,4-diol have been examined. (5)-(-)-2-methylbutanol and 2,4-pentane-2,4-diol derivatives appear as the most attractive chiral auxiliaries. 

Other procedures for the synthesis of P-ketophosphonates based on the use of a phosphorus electrophile have been explored. For example, the reaction of dialkyl chlorophosphates with the dilithium derivatives of a-bromo ketones has been described,but the yields of isolated products remain modest. The Lewis acid-catalyzed reaction of oc-hydroxy ketones with dialkyl chlorophosphites constitutes an efficient synthesis of P-ketophosphonates in high yields (92-96%, Scheme 7.42). This reaction is of special value for the preparation of oc-fully substituted P-keto-phosphonates. ... 

Similarly, the a-monochlorinated and a-monobrominated dimethyl 2-oxoalkylphosphonates are prepared in satisfactory yields (50%) by reaction of the sodium enolate of dimethyl 2-oxoalkyl-phosphonates with NCS or NBS in DME at room temperature- "- - or with bromine in Et20 (53-71%) or THE (60%) Synthesis of diethyl l-chloro-2-oxopropylphosphonate has also been reported through reduction of the 1,1-dichloro derivatives with sodium sulfite.- lodination in the Y-position of P-ketophosphonate 1,3-dianions prepared with KiCO, in MeOH has been reported. These dianions react with benzaldehyde in a Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons-Darzens reaction sequence to produce the a,P-unsaturated a, P -epoxyketones in 60-79% yields (Scheme 7.101).s ... 

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