Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction phosphorus reagent

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. 

A related reaction that yields the same types of products as does the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction begins with either a phosphinous acid or a monoester of a phosphonous acid. (The corresponding reaction may also be performed with a diester of phosphorous acid.) By treatment with an appropriate base, the conjugate base of the phosphorus-containing acid is generated that serves as the nucleophihc reagent for direct formation of the phosphonate or phosphine oxide product (or phosphonate product from a phosphorous acid diester). This procedure is commonly referred to as the Michaehs Becker reaction. ... 

Tertiary phosphine oxides and sulfides are also produced by way of the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction beginning with phosphonous esters [R2POR ] and thiophosphonous esters [R2PSR ], when used in reaction with haloalkanes (see Section 3.5). Similarly, phosphine oxides are formed from trivalent phosphorus reagents in the Michaelis-Becker reaction as well as the conjugate addition reactions of phosphinous acid derivatives with a, -unsaturated compounds (see Section 3.5). 

In contrast to the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction, which is carried out by heating the reactants together at 120-160° for several hours, the Mi-chaelis-Becker-Nylen reaction often takes place at room temperature, particularly when tetrahydrofuran is employed as the solvent (128). The temperature advantage is frequently offset by the greater tendency of the ionic phosphorus reagents to participate in side reactions. The mechanism of the Michaelis-Becker-Nylen reaction, often assumed to be SN2, is not established with certainty (283). 

One might expect that a phosphorus reagent having for R an aryl group activated for bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (68) by electron- withdrawing substituents might participate in a Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction. Kamai and Koshkina (159), who prepared a number of chloro-and nitro-substituted derivatives of triphenyl phosphite, found this to be the case for both ortho and para isomers of tris(monochlorophenyl) phosphite, which reacted with alkyl halides to furnish phosphonates. On the other hand, tris(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) phosphite and tris(2,4-dichlorophenyl) phosphite (155) gave only complexes with methyl iodide however, lower reaction temperatures were employed. 

The Perkow reaction appears to have about the same limitations with respect to the phosphorus reagent as the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction. Thus trialkylphosphines, triaryl phosphites, and phosphorotriamidites do not react, whereas all other P(III) derivatives of the general formula R R TOR, where R is a primary or secondary alkyl group, are able to undergo this transformation. 

It is evident that the interaction of a phosphorus(III) triester and the alkylating species RX can be pictured as an S 2 process (reaction 2) or, for those alkylating reagents capable of forming a carbocation, as an S l process (reaction 3). Several reactions testify to the importance of carbocationic carbon for the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction in pursuance of its normal course they include the ease of reaction of cyclopropene dihalides, already encountered, and the ready formation of complexes with species having particularly weakly nucleophilic counter ions. Phosphonic acid formation also takes place with cyclic azonium salts and related ions. 9-Chloroacridine reacts with triethyl phosphite to afford a product thought to be the bisphosphonic acid ester 49 The related phosphonic esters 51 are obtainable when the onium salts 50 (X = NH, NR, O or S) are treated with trimethyl... 

Phosphorus reagents are an integral part of modern organic chemistry, so weTl devote the next few sections to discuss some of the most instructive aspects of organophosphoms chemistry. We ll begin with the Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction, which is a powerful means of creating a carbon-phosphorus bond and hence a key route to organophosphoms chemistry. The reaction involves the interaction of an alkyl halide and a trialkyl phosphite ... 

A reaction having significant synthetic importance for the construction of dialkyl 2-formylaIkyl-phosphonates involves the addition of trivalent phosphorus reagents to a,3-unsaturated aldehydes. s This Michael-Michaelis-Arbuzov strategy is the method of choice for incorporating, from readily available Michael-type substrates, one or two substituents at any position of the carbon chain between the phosphoryl and formyl groups. 

The reaction between trialkyl phosphites and a,P-unsaturated nitriles has been less thoroughly investigated. Whereas the hydrophosphonylation of unsaturated nitriles with diakyl phosphites proceeds smoothly, the addition of trialkyl phosphites requires more severe conditions. It involves the nucleophilic attack by the trivalent phosphorus reagent at the tenninal carbon atom of the conjugated system followed by valency expansion of phosphorus in agreement with the Michaelis-Arbuzov mechanism (Scheme 6.27). - ... 

A -methoxymethyl-amines or-amides A -acetyloxymethyl-amines or -amides or A/, iV-dimethylfonnamide acetals, all react with phosphorus(III) esters in non-classical Michaelis-Arbuzov fashion. From these and similar reactions, quaternary salts of the type 186 have been isolated. The A-methylated dervative may be preformed or produced in situ in mixtures containing amide, formaldehyde and phosphite ester. The products of the reactions are A-acylated (acetyl, benzoyl, phthaloyl, pyridinecarbonyl or benzyloxycarbonyl) when derived from amides, or A,A-dialkyl derivatives from hydroxy (or methoxy)methylamines the use of Me2NCH(OMe)2 leads to dimethylaminomethyl-enebisphosphonic esters. Ivanov and coworkers have made a detailed study of the reactions which occur between phosphorus(III) amides Et2NPYZ and the substrates, RCONHOAc (Scheme 16). The reagent can attack the substrate by virtue of the nucle-... 

Most syntheses of phosphorus amino acid analogues involve the conversion of a nucleophilic, trivalent phosphorus species into a pentavalent adduct. The classical Arbuzov-Michaelis reaction is a well-known transformation that demonstrates this principle.1 In the case of a phosphite diester, the stable form of the reagent is the P-H derivative, depicted in Scheme 2 19 this tautomer is converted into a nucleophilic form by deprotonation or by silylation, which favors the trivalent P—O—Si isomer. 

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