Methyl phosphinate, nucleophilic reactions

A. Nucleophilic Attack on Carbon. —(/) Activated Olefins. A study of triarylphosphine-catalysed dimerization of acrylonitrile to 2-methylene-glutaronitrile (26) and 1,4-dicyano-l-butene (27) has established a balance between phosphine nucleophilicity and protolytic strength of the solvent. The reaction of methyl vinyl ketone with triphenylphosphine in triethyl-silanol gave only 3-methylene-2,6-heptadienone (28). 

The cyclic phosphinate (96) has been isolated from the reaction of dichloro(methyl)phosphine with the ethoxycarbonylimine derived from hexafluoroacetone. Treatment of trichloro(organo)phosphonium-hexafluorophosphate salts with dichloro(diethylamino)phosphine results in the halophosphonium salts (97). Some reactions of dichloro(-)menthylphosphine have been reported.As usual, nucleophilic displacement reactions of halogenophosphines have received attention as routes to new systems of interest as ligands.Of particular interest in this connection is a report of the synthesis of the phosphorus-functionalised calixarenes (98). Only one chlorine atom of dichloro(phenyl)-phosphine is replaced on treatment with an excess of dicyclohexylamine, enabling the stepwise synthesis of the chiral aminophosphines (99), described as air-stable solids. 

The base-catalysed reaction of methyl phosphinate, MeOPfOjHj, with tetraphenyl-cyclopentadienone leads mainly to (75) via attack of H formed by decomposition of the phosphinate. No compounds with carbon-phosphorus bonds were detected, unlike reactions with other and P nucleophiles. 

Complexes 79 show several types of chemical reactions (87CCR229). Nucleophilic addition may proceed at the C2 and S atoms. In excess potassium cyanide, 79 (R = R = R" = R = H) forms mainly the allyl sulfide complex 82 (R = H, Nu = CN) (84JA2901). The reaction of sodium methylate, phenyl-, and 2-thienyllithium with 79 (R = R = r" = R = H) follows the same route. The fragment consisting of three coplanar carbon atoms is described as the allyl system over which the Tr-electron density is delocalized. The sulfur atom may participate in delocalization to some extent. Complex 82 (R = H, Nu = CN) may be proto-nated by hydrochloric acid to yield the product where the 2-cyanothiophene has been converted into 2,3-dihydro-2-cyanothiophene. The initial thiophene complex 79 (R = R = r" = R = H) reacts reversibly with tri-n-butylphosphine followed by the formation of 82 [R = H, Nu = P(n-Bu)3]. Less basic phosphines, such as methyldiphenylphosphine, add with much greater difficulty. The reaction of 79 (r2 = r3 = r4 = r5 = h) with the hydride anion [BH4, HFe(CO)4, HW(CO)J] followed by the formation of 82 (R = Nu, H) has also been studied in detail. When the hydride anion originates from HFe(CO)4, the process is complicated by the formation of side products 83 and 84. The 2-methylthiophene complex 79... 

The different products obtained from the analogous reaction of diphenyl-phosphine oxide are explained in terms of the hardness of nucleophilic centres involved. Similar reactions with 2-methyl-3,4,5-triphenylcyclo-pentadienone gave the phosphonate (39). Gallagher and Jenkins have... 

There is a possibiUty that (hydroxymethyl)phosphines might be catalyzing hydration of activated olefinic moieties in lignin. The Michael addition reaction shown in eq. (6a) is catalyzed by 5% THP in water at ambient conditions, with 70% conversion of the acrylonitrile no such reaction is seen with aciyhc acid or the methyl ester, but analogous hydromethoxylation of these compounds is seen in MeOH (42) (eq. (6b), R = H or Me). There is a report on similar catalytic use of tiialkylphosphines, which, like THP, are strong nucleophiles (43). 

Isolated instances of 1,4-addition reactions of other hetero-nucleophiles to 4-en-2-ynoic acids and derivatives have been reported172-174. Thus, treatment of methyl 4-methyl-4-penten-2-ynoate with phenolate provided the 3-phenoxy-substituted conjugated dienoate (equation 71)172, and the 1,4-addition of water-soluble phosphines to 4-octen-2-ynoic acid afforded dienylphosphonium salts which were transformed into the corresponding phosphine oxides (equation 72)174. 

Highly Lewis basic and nucleophilic functional groups are not compatible with zinc carbenoids. The methylation or ylide formation of heteroatoms is one of the most important side reactions of these reagents. For example, amines, thioethers and phosphines readily react with the zinc reagents to generate ammonium salts", sulfonium" and phosphonium ylides" ". Terminal alkynes generally lead to a large number of by-products". ... 

H-Phosphinates 54 may also serve as precursors for phosphonamidates 56 (Scheme 18).l63 74 75] In the simplest procedure, a N-protected H-phosphinate 54 (produced, for example, by the Baylis procedure,156 see Section 10.10.1.2) is treated with a mixture of CC14, TEA, and the desired amino component. The H-phosphinates are converted in situ into phosphonochloridates 52, which are then trapped by the amine component. Sampson and Bartlett 761 reported improved yields when the H-phosphinate was first treated with bis-(trimethylsilyl)acetamide (BTMSA) to produce the trivalent species 55. They also noted that the reactions are generally cleaner when phosphinate ethyl esters are used instead of phosphinate methyl esters, presumably because the latter are more prone to nucleophilic demethylation. 

Clarke recently published the first microwave-accelerated Hiyama coupling [163,164]. It was noted that the availability and nontoxic attributes of the organosilicon reactants make them very attractive in synthesis, but their low nucleophilicity limits their potential. Microwave heating allowed aryl bromides and activated aryl chlorides to react under palladium catalysis using an electron-rich N-methyl piperazine/cyclohexyl phosphine ligand (Scheme 75). A vinylation reaction with vinyltrimethoxysilane was also reported [164],... 

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