Nucleophiles triphenylphosphine

Like other strong nucleophiles, triphenylphosphine attacks and opens epoxides. The initial product (a betaine) quickly cyclizes to an oxaphosphetane that collapses to an alkene and triphenylphosphine oxide. 

In the reaction of the bromoacyl chloride with methanol, attack occurs at the carbonyl group with an alcohol because oxygen nucleophiles are hard nucleophiles (controlled by charge interactions). If we want to displace the a-bromo group we can use any soft (orbital-dominated) nucleophile. Triphenylphosphine PI13P is particularly important—the product is a phosphonium salt, employed in Wittig reactions and discussed in Chapter 31. 

The stereochemistry is inverted. The nucleophile triphenylphosphine must attack the epoxide in an anti fashion, yet the triphenylphosphine oxide must eliminate with syn geometry. 

Phosphorus Nucleophiles. Triphenylphosphine is an effective nucleophile for reacting with the bridged sulfonium ion in high yield. The phosphonium salts generated eliminate MeSH upon reaction with base, such as l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, resulting in a synthesis of vinylphosphonium salts. If NaOH is used, a vinylphosphine oxide is generated. 

Neutral nucleophiles are also alkenylated to give alkenylonium salts (Scheme 6). Examples include secondary amines (with concomitant deprotonation to afford enamines) and tertiary amines, acetic acid (with deprotonation to give alkenylacetates) formamides (that give alkenylformates), " sulphur-centred nucleophiles such as sulphides,thioamides (to give thioalkenes), thioureas and heterocyclic thiols group 15 nucleophiles triphenylphosphine, -arsine... 

The high nucleophilicity of sulfur atoms is preserved, even if it is bound to electron withdrawing carbonyl groups. Thiocarboxylales, for example, substitute bromine, e.g. of a-bromo ketones. In the presence of bases the or-acylthio ketones deprotonate and rearrange to episulfides. After desulfurization with triphenylphosphine, 1,3-diketones are formed in good yield. Thiolactams react in the same way, and A. Eschenmoser (1970) has used this sequence in his vitamin B]2 synthesis (p. 261). 

The competitive attack at either oxygen or nitrogen by nucleophiles was the subject of a recent investigation (8IJOC6IO). Whereas triphenylphosphine reacted with oxaziridine (88)... 

Inter and Intramolecular nucleophiKc displacement o< alcohols wHh inversion by means of cHethyi azo cartMxylate (DEAD)-triphenylphosphine and a nucleophile. Also dehydration, esterification of alcohols or alkylallon of phenols,... 

W-(Methoxycarbonyl)triphenylphosphine imide reacts with methyl trifluoro-pyruvate to form methyl A -methoxycarbonyl 2 immo-3,3,3 trifluoropropionate m 95% yield This convenient building block easily adds nucleophiles such as Gngnard reagents without competing side reactions at the ester group to form trifluoromethylated amino acids [J.S] (equation 31)... 

Phosphorus ylides are prepared from alkyl halides by a two-step sequence. The first step is a nucleophilic substitution of the Sn2 type by triphenylphosphine on an alkyl halide to give an alkyltriphenylphosphonium salt ... 

Triphenylphosphine is a very powerful nucleophile, yet is not strongly basic. Methyl, primary, and secondary alkyl halides are all suitable substrates. 

Reaction of lithium 2,5-dimethylpyrrolate ion with [RhCl(CO)2]2 leads to formation of 84 (88PAC1193 90P1503). This is the first example of the mixed mode, when the ti N) and ti (C=C) coordination are realized simultaneously. Nucleophilic addition of triphenylphosphine and triphenylarsine gives 85 (E = P, As). The iridium analogs of 84 and 85 have also been synthesized. 

The mechanistic pathway" " can be divided into three steps 1. formation of the activating agent from triphenylphosphine and diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD) or diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (DIAD) 2. activation of the substrate alcohol 1 3. a bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (Sn2) at the activated carbon center. 

The final step is the nucleophilic displacement of the oxyphosphonium group by the carboxylate anion via a SN2-mechanism, yielding ester 3 with inverted configuration at the stereogenic center, and triphenylphosphine oxide. A hydrolysis of the ester 3 will leave the new configuration unchanged, and yield the inverted alcohol 4 ... 

In summary the Mitsunobu reaction can be described as a condensation of an alcohol 1 and a nucleophile—NuH—11, where the reagent triphenylphosphine is oxidized to triphenylphosphine oxide and the azodicarboxylate reagent 12 is reduced to a hydrazine derivative 13 ... 

The initial step of olefin formation is a nucleophilic addition of the negatively polarized ylide carbon center (see the resonance structure 1 above) to the carbonyl carbon center of an aldehyde or ketone. A betain 8 is thus formed, which can cyclize to give the oxaphosphetane 9 as an intermediate. The latter decomposes to yield a trisubstituted phosphine oxide 4—e.g. triphenylphosphine oxide (with R = Ph) and an alkene 3. The driving force for that reaction is the formation of the strong double bond between phosphorus and oxygen ... 

Pyridones can also be converted to 2-chloropyridines by exchanging the carbonyl functionality using phosphoroxychloride (POCI3) [72]. A combination of N-halosuccinimides and triphenylphosphine has also been applied to introduce halogens in this position [73]. The carbonyl functionality in 2-pyridones makes these systems reactive towards nucleophiles as well, which add in 1,4-reactions with displacement of halides [74]. The use of transition metal mediated couplings like Heck, and Suzuki have also been successfully applied on halogenated 2-pyridones (d. Scheme 10) [36,75]. 

Epoxides can be converted to alkenes by treatment with triphenylphosphine or triethyl phosphite P(OEt)3. The first step of the mechanism is nucleophilic substitution (10-50), followed by a four-center elimination. Since inversion accompanies the substitution, the overall elimination is anti, that is, if two groups A and C are cis in the epoxide, they will be trans in the alkene ... 

The iminophosphenium cation was also of interest for more physical investigations. It was noted to be a stable entity in gas phase experiments [52], the parameters were investigated in detail [53] and a systematic study of the nucleophilic addition of CH, NH and OH bonds was performed [54] with a concomitant interpretation of the chemical shifts (at the dicoordinate phosphorus centres). The latter authors also confirmed the loose interaction of a triphenylphosphine with the iminophosphenium cation (PP = 2.625 A). 

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). 

B. Nucleophilic Attack on Halogen.- (/ )-( +)-2,2-dimethylpropan( H)ol has been converted to the chloride with inversion of configuration using triphenylphosphine and carbon tetrachloride. The corresponding reaction using carbon tetrabromide gave the bromide with considerable racemiza-tion. ... 

A mechanism for this reaction involving nucleophilic attack of the ylide on the cyanide group and formation of the P=N linkage via a four-centred intermediate was formulated. The structure of this phosphazene was confirmed by its synthesis from the vinyl azide, Ph(N3)C=CHPh, and triphenylphosphine. Phosphoranes stabilized by electron-withdrawing... 

A variety of reagents can function as the electrophile E+ in the general mechanism. The most useful synthetic procedures for preparation of halides are based on the halogens, positive halogens sources, and diethyl azodicarboxylate. A 1 1 adduct formed from triphenylphosphine and bromine converts alcohols to bromides.15 The alcohol displaces bromide ion from the pentavalent adduct, giving an alkoxyphosphonium intermediate. The phosphonium ion intermediate then undergoes nucleophilic attack by bromide ion, forming triphenylphosphine oxide. 

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