Phosphines TPPMS

With this last point in mind, the synthesis of mono-, bis- and tra-sulfonated triphenylphosphine will be described, but the same methodology can be applied to the preparation of other sulfonated arylphosphines. In general, these phosphines are made by direct sulfonation using fuming sulfuric acid (oleum) [21], The extent of sulfonation is determined by the SO3 strength, as well as factors such as the temperature and time of the reaction. The monosulfonated phosphine (tppms) is prepared using oleum of 20% SO3 strength, with typically 30% SO3 used... 

Mono- and double carbonylation of phenetyl bromide with cobalt-phosphine catalysts afforded benzylacetic (Baa) and benzylpymvic (Bpa) acids respectively [23] (Scheme 5.5). The highest yield of benzylpymvic acid (75 %) was obtained with [Co2(CO)8], while addition of the water soluble phosphines TPPMS or TPPTS decreased both the yield of carbonylated products and the selectivity to Bpa. 

Bulky tri(o-tolyl)phosphine was used first by Heck [11]. A palladacycle obtained from it is known as the Herrmann complex (XVIII-1) and is used extensively in HR [12]. Also, palladacycles XVIII-7 [13] and XVIII-2 [14] are high performance catalysts. Turnover numbers as high as 630-8900 were achieved by tetraphosphine Tedicyp (X-1) [15]. Recently, the remarkable effect of electron-rich and bulky phosphines, typically P(t-Bu)3 and other phosphines shown in Tables 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6, have been vmveiled. Smooth reactions of aryl chlorides using these ligands are treated later. Electron-rich ligands accelerate oxidative addition of aryl chlorides, and reductive elimination is accelerated by bulky ligands. HR can be carried out in an aqueous solution by use of a water-soluble sulfonated phosphine (TPPMS, II-2) [16]. 

Hydrophilic Catalytic Systems The most commonly used procedure to increase the solubility of tertiary phosphines in water is to attach highly polar groups to the organic moiety of the phosphine. Monosulfonated triphenyl phosphine (TPPMS) palladium complexes can mediate the coupling of aryl iodides or bromides in a solvent mixture containing MeCN and water at ambient temperature, but require Cul as additive (Scheme 6.7) [38]. 

The first water-soluble phosphine, tppms (12.382) was prepared by Chatt in 1958 [46], Today many such catalysts are employed in hydrogenation, hydroformylation, carbonylation and other reactions. 

The use of hydrophilic sulfonated phosphines TPPMS and particularly TPPTSf allowed development of a very mild procedure for Heck reactions of iodoarenes and iodoalkenes, though this protocol requires a large amount of expensive catalyst, which makes this scheme unsuitable for large-scale reactions. The method showed unusual selectivity trends for example, in the reactions with cycloalkenes no migration of double bond was reported. "" Also, a very rare endo-trig-mode of cyclization is favored in the aqueous phosphine-assisted method compared to the normal exo-trig-mode observed in nonaqueous methods (Scheme 35). "" " ... 

Heck reactions were also conducted in homogeneous aqueous systems in the presence of the water-soluble phosphines TPPMS [7] and TPPTS [70], though the examples published are quite scarce and permit only the general conclusion that this technique is also suitable. Very recently it was shown that the Heck reaction in homogeneous aqueous solvent can be applied to intramolecular cyclizations, as in the example below ... 

As a polar solvent for the catalyst ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC) and acetonitrile were used. Tricyclohexylphosphine, triphenyl-phosphine and the monosulfonated triphenylphosphine (TPPMS) were investigated as ligands with Pd(acac)2 as the precursor. Cyclohexane, dodecane, p-xylene and alcohols (1-octanol, 2-octanol and 1-dodecanol) were tested as non-polar solvents for the product. To determine the distribution of the product and of the catalyst, the palladium precursor and the hgand were dissolved in the polar solvent and twice as much of the non-polar solvent was added. After the addition of 5-lactone, the amounts of the product in both phases was determined by gas chromatography. The product is not soluble in cyclohexane and dodecane, more than 99% of it can be found in the polar catalyst phase. With the alcohols 1-octanol, 2-octanol and dodecanol about 50 to 60% of the 5-lactone are located in the non-polar phase. With p-xylene biphasic systems can only be achieved when EC is used as the polar solvent and even in this solvent system one homogeneous phase is formed at a temperature higher than 70 °C. In a 1 1 mixture of EC and p-xylene about 50 to 60% of the product is contained in the polar phase. 

Due to these reasons both in the early attempts in academic research and in the first successful industrial process in AOC sulfonated phosphines were used as ligands (TPPMS and TPPTS, respectively). A detailed survey of the sulfonated ligands is contained in Table 1 and in Figures 1-5. 

For monosulfonation of PPh3 the reaction mixture can be heated for a limited time [1-3] while multiple sulfonation is achieved hy letting the solution stand at room temperature for a few days [4-10], In this simplest way of the preparation several problems may arise. Under the harsh conditions of sulfonation there is always some oxidation of the phosphine into phosphine oxide and phosphine sulfides are formed, too. Furthermore, selective preparation of TPPMS (1) or TPPDS (2) requires optimum reaction temperature and time and is best achieved by constantly monitoring the reaction by NMR [10] or HPLC [7]. Even then, the product can be contaminated with unreacted starting material. However, 1 can be freed of both the non-sulfonated and the multiply sulfonated contaminants by simple methods, and in the preparation of TPPTS (3) contamination with PPh3, 1 or 2 is usually not the case. Direct sulfonation with fuming sulfuric add was also used for the preparation of the chelating diphosphines 34-38, 51, 52. 

Part of the discrepancies can be removed by considering a reaction which becomes important only in water. It was found that in acidic aqueous solutions water soluble phosphines react with activated olefins yielding alkylphosphonium salts [83-85] (Scheme 3.5). The drive for this reaction is in the fast and practically irreversible protonation of the intermediate carbanion formed in the addition of TPPMS across the olefinic bond. Under... 

It is to be mentioned that water-soluble phosphine complexes of rhodium(I), such as [RhCl(TPPMS)3], [RhCl(TPPTS)3], [RhCl(PTA)3], either preformed, or prepared in situ, catalyze the hydrogenation of unsaturated aldehydes at the C=C bond [187, 204, 205]. As an example, at 80 °C and 20 bar H2, in 0.3-3 h cinnamaldehyde and crotonaldehyde were hydrogenated to the corresponding saturated aldehydes with 93 % and 90 % conversion, accompanied with 95.7 % and 95 % selectivity, respectively. Using a water/toluene mixture as reaction medium allowed recycling of the catalyst in the aqueous phase with no loss of activity. 

Practical hydroxycarbonylation of olefins is usually carried out with palladium catalysts and requires rather elevated temperatures. Pd/TPPTS [36-39], Pd/TPPMS [40] and Pd/sulfonated XANTHPHOS (51) were all applied for this purpose. In general, TOF-s of several hundred h can be observed under the conditions of Scheme 5.11, and with propene the concentration ratio of linear and branched acids is around l/b=1.3-1.4 [36,38]. At elevated temperatures and at low phosphine/palladium ratios precipitation of palladium black can be observed. It is known, that the highly reactive [Pd(TPPTS)3] forms easily under CO from a Pd(II) catalyst precursor and TPPTS [37], and that in the presence of acids it is in a fast equilibrium with [PdH(TPPTS)3] [39] ... 

In line with the above mechanism, catalyst deactivation by formation of palladium black can be retarded by increasing the [P]/[Pd] ratio, however, only on the expense of the reaction rate. Bidentate phosphines form stronger chelate complexes than TPPMS which may allow at working with lower phosphine to palladium ratios. Indeed, the palladium complex of sulfonated XANTPHOS (51) proved to be an effective and selective catalyst for hydroxycarbonylation of propene, although at [51]/[Pd] < 2 formation of palladium black was still observed. The catalyst was selective towards the formation of butyric acid, with 1/b = 65/35 [41]. 

The reaction is catalyzed by palladium complexes either pre-formed, as [Pd(TPPMS)3] [13], or prepared in situ from (usually) [Pd(OAc)2] and various phosphines [21,23-27], TPPTS being one of the most frequently used [14]. Other precursors, e.g. [ PdCl(T -C3H5) 2] and so-caUed ligandless (phosphine-free) Pd-catalysts can also be effective. In fact, in several cases a phosphine inhibition was observed [23]. The solvent can be only slightly aqueous (5 % water in CH3CN, [14]) or neat water [26]. In the latter case a biphasic reaction mixture (e.g. with toluene) facilitates catalyst separation albeit on the expense of the reaction rate. A short selection of the reactions studied in aqueous solvents is shown on Scheme 6.9. 

Special mention has to be made of the use of surfactants. Aryl halides are insoluble in water but can be solubilized in the aqueous phase with the aid of detergents. A thorough study [24,25] established that the two-phase reaction of 4-iodoanisole with phenylboronic acid (toluene/ethanol/water 1/1/1 v/v/v), catalyzed by [PdCl2 Ph2P(CH2)4S03K 2], was substantially accelerated by various amphiphiles. Under comparable conditions the use of CTAB led to a 99 % yield of 4-methoxybiphenyl, while 92 % and 88 % yields were observed with SDS and n-Bu4NBr, respectively (for the amphiphiles see Scheme 3.11). Similar effects were observed with Pd-complexes of other water-soluble phosphines (TPPTS and TPPMS), too. 

The industrial process requires a large phosphine excess ([P]/[Rh] = 21 1) which can be easily provided by the extremely water-soluble TPPTS. However, the reactants are insoluble in such an aqueous phase, therefore the reaction is mn in the presence of co-solvents, usually alcohols. (Less soluble TPPMS performs better at [P]/[Rh] = 3, probably its surfactant properties help in solubilizing the diene and methyl acetoacetate.) The organic products are easily separated from the aqueous catalyst solution which can be recycled. 

TPPMS (w-Sulfonato-phenyl) diphenyl phosphine monosodium salt... 

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