Phosphines phosphonous acid esters

Most common is the preparation of alkyl phosphonic acid esters (phospho-nates) 4 (Z,Z = OR) from phosphorous acid esters (phosphites) 1 (Z,Z = OR). The preparation of phosphinic acid esters (Z = R, Z = OR) from phosphonous acid esters, as well as phosphine oxides (Z,Z = R) from phosphinous acid esters is also possible. 

P-Alkyl carbon shifts of phosphonic acid esters (Table 4.49) are similiar to those of phosphines, while the O-alkyl carbons display shift values closely related to those of other alkoxy groups. 

Hydroxyalkyl)phosphonic acids, and also the related phosphinic acids, are normally obtained from hydrogen phosphonates and aldehydes or ketones. The reactions between perfluoroacetone and mixed dialkyl hydrogen phosphonates are noteworthy in that the expected products (129) may be accompanied by the phosphoric triesters (130). Trimethylsilyl alkylene P(III) triesters (131) are also useful starting materials when acted upon by aromatic aldehydes or by (1-oxoalkyl)phosphonic acid esters, the initial... 

Equation 28 represents the formation of oxoalkyl phosphonic acid esters (488 R = OR) or phosphinic esters (488 R = alkyl or aryl) from phosphite or phosphonite esters and appropriate halogen-containing ketones ( > 1) or acyl halides (n = 0), and supplements the formation of the phosphonoylated or phosphinoylated alkanoic acids through reactions 21 and 22 in the previous section. 

Synthesis of ethylene derivatives from 0x0 compounds and phosphonic acid esters or phosphine oxides... 

Phosphonous acid esters from phosphorochloridites s. U, 699 Phosphinic acids from phosphonic acid dihalides s. tA, 700... 

Acryhc esters dimerize to give the 2-methylene glutaric acid esters catalyzed by tertiary organic phosphines (37) or organic phosphorous triamides, phosphonous diamides, or phosphinous amides (38). Yields of 75—80% dimer, together with 15—20% trimer, are obtained. Reaction conditions can be varied to obtain high yields of trimer, tetramer, and other polymers. 

Much effort has been placed in the synthesis of compounds possessing a chiral center at the phosphoms atom, particularly three- and four-coordinate compounds such as tertiary phosphines, phosphine oxides, phosphonates, phosphinates, and phosphate esters (11). Some enantiomers are known to exhibit a variety of biological activities and are therefore of interest Oas agricultural chemicals, pharmaceuticals (qv), etc. Homochiral bisphosphines are commonly used in catalytic asymmetric syntheses providing good enantioselectivities (see also Nucleic acids). Excellent reviews of low coordinate (coordination numbers 1 and 2) phosphoms compounds are available (12). 

Phosphonous acid diesters undergo the Arbusov reaction with a wide variety of organic halides, giving esters of secondary phosphinic acids, as is demonstrated in Eq. (88) ... 

An unusual reaction of electron-deficient acetylenes (usually DMAD is used) and triarylphosphines or -phosphites with Cjq leads to methanofullerenes that bear an a-ylidic ester (Scheme 3.11). Selective hydrolysis of the phosphite ylides yields phosphonate esters, phosphine oxides or phosphonic acids [49-51]. 

The reaction of 0-acyl thiohydroxamates with tris(phenylthio)phosphorus, initiated by adventitious oxygen at room temperature, leads in the first instance to alkylbis(phenylthio)phosphines (Scheme 2) by a chain mechanism. Combination of the latter with the disulfide by product affords a phosphotus(V) species which on woik-up gives a]kylbis(phenylduo)phosphonates (Scheme 2 and equation 38) widh moderate to good yields. lliis reaction sequence provides a convenient meduxl for die overall transformation of a carboxylic acid into a readily hydrolyzable ester of the analogous phosphonic acid. 

Derivatives of phosphonic acids, RP==O(0H)2, can be prepared by several different oxidative methods. Primary phosphines RPH2 are oxidized to phosphonic acids by hydrogen peroxide or by sulfur dioxide thus, phenylphosphine gave benzenephosphonic acid (96%) on reaction with sulfur dioxide at room temperature in a sealed tube. Phosphinic acids, RI sO(OH)H, can also be oxidized to the corresponding phosphonic acids with hydrogen peroxide. Ozone oxidized the dioxaphosphorane (54) to the phosphonic ester in 73% yield. Ozone is also capable of stereospecific oxidation of phosphite esters to phosphates. For example, the cyclic phosphite (SS) was oxidized to the phosphate (56) with retention of configuration. Peroxy acids and selenium dioxide are other common oxidants for phosphite esters. 

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