Phosphonates reduction

Adducts from various quaternary salts have been isolated, in reactions with aldehydes, a-ketoaldehydes, dialkylacylphosphonates and dialkyl-phosphonates, isocyanates, isothiocyanates, and so forth (Scheme 15) (36). The ylid (11) resulting from removal of a Cj proton from 3.4-dimethyl-S-p-hydroxyethylthiazolium iodide by NEtj in DMF gives with phenylisothiocyanate the stable dipolar adduct (12) that has been identified by its NMR spectrum and reactional product, such as acid addition and thiazolidine obtention via NaBH4 reduction (Scheme 16) (35). It must be mentioned that the adduct issued from di-p-tolylcarbodiimide is separated in its halohydrogenated form. An alkaline treatment occasions an easy ring expansion into a 1,4-thiazine derivative (Scheme 17) (35). 

In general, if the desired carbon—phosphoms skeleton is available in an oxidi2ed form, reduction with lithium aluminum hydride is a powerful technique for the production of primary and secondary phosphines. The method is appHcable to halophosphines, phosphonic and phosphinic acids as well as thein esters, and acid chlorides. Tertiary and secondary phosphine oxides can be reduced to the phosphines. 

The chiral BOX-copper(ll) complexes, (S)-21a and (l )-21b (X=OTf, SbFg), were found by Evans et al. to catalyze the enantioselective cycloaddition reactions of the a,/ -unsaturated acyl phosphonates 49 with ethyl vinyl ether 46a and the cyclic enol ethers 50 giving the cycloaddition products 51 and 52, respectively, in very high yields and ee as outlined in Scheme 4.33 [38b]. It is notable that the acyclic and cyclic enol ethers react highly stereoselectively and that the same enantiomer is formed using (S)-21a and (J )-21b as the catalyst. It is, furthermore, of practical importance that the cycloaddition reaction can proceed in the presence of only 0.2 mol% (J )-21a (X=SbF6) with minimal reduction in the yield of the cycloaddition product and no loss of enantioselectivity (93% ee). 

Some anti-scaling treatment is necessary on most waters, using, for example, pH reduction, hexameta-phosphate, phosphonates or polyacrylic inhibitors. The action of the various compounds available is not yet fully understood, so this can be a hit-and-miss technique. 

The strategy for the construction of 13 from aldehyde 16 with two units of phosphonate 15 is summarized in Scheme 12. As expected, aldehyde 16 condenses smoothly with the anion derived from 15 to give, as the major product, the corresponding E,E,E-tri-ene ester. Reduction of the latter substance to the corresponding primary alcohol with Dibal-H, followed by oxidation with MnC>2, then furnishes aldehyde 60 in 86 % overall yield. Reiteration of this tactic and a simple deprotection step completes the synthesis of the desired intermediate 13 in good overall yield and with excellent stereoselectivity. 

Carboximide 160, the C35-C42 fragment, can be traced retro-synthetically to phosphonate 169 and aldehyde 170. In the synthetic direction, the C35-C36 bond in 160 could be constructed by an intermolecular Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE)70 coupling of intermediates 169 and 170. Reduction of the unsaturated coupling product and exchange of silyl protecting groups would then furnish compound 160. 

To determine the purity of a sample of a mercury(II) salt, the following procedure in which the compound is reduced with phosphorous (phosphonic) acid may be used to assay a sample of a mercury(I) salt, the reduction with phosphorous acid is omitted. 

Reduction of azirine-2-phosphonates 99 (Scheme 3.32) with NaBH4 in ethanol exclusively gave ris-aziridine-2-phosphonates 100 in 81-82 % yield [86, 87]. A Diels-Alder reaction between azirine-2-phosphonate 101 and trans-piperylene 102... 

Reduction of halophosphines [34-37] or alkyl phosphonates [38] using lithium aluminum hydride is commonly employed for the preparation of alkyl or aryl substituted primary phosphines (Eqs. 1-4) ... 

Aminopropyl phosphine H2N(CH2)3PH2 3, synthesized via the LiAlH4 reduction of the corresponding phosphonate, serves as an excellent building block for... 

This approach makes use of bromopropyl phosphine 17 as a key synthon obtained via the reduction of 3-bromopropyl phosphonate with dichloroaluminum hydride [10]. Reaction of bromopropyl phosphine 17 with the dianion of 6,8-dithiooctanoic acid produced the -COOH functionalized P2S2-primary bisphosphine framework 18 in > 80% yields (Scheme 7) [10]. 

The synthesis of a-substituted phosphonates 89, via the electrophilic addition of phosphorylated C-radicals 88 (generated by reaction of BujSnH to the readily accessible a-phosphoryl sulfides (or selenides)) and electrophilic addition to electron rich alkenes, has been described [57] (Scheme 26). A large excess of alkene is necessary to minimize the competitive formation of the undesired compound 90 resulting from direct reduction of the initial radical 88. The ratio 89/90 has been measured for each example. The synthesis of the a-mono- or a,a-di-substituted (R or phosphonates 89 shows that the free radical approach... 

The reaction of the aldehyde 174, prepared from D-glucose diethyl dithio-acetal by way of compounds 172 and 173, with lithium dimethyl methyl-phosphonate gave the adduct 175. Conversion of 175 into compound 176, followed by oxidation with dimethyl sulfoxide-oxalyl chloride, provided diketone 177. Cyclization of 177 with ethyldiisopropylamine gave the enone 178, which furnished compounds 179 and 180 on sodium borohydride reduction. 0-Desilylation, catalytic hydrogenation, 0-debenzyIation, and acetylation converted 179 into the pentaacetate 93 and 5a-carba-a-L-ido-pyranose pentaacetate (181). 

Two preparations of diesters of phosphonous acid have been reported, - One of these, which claims to be the first preparation of these derivatives, involves the reaction of ammonium hypophosphite with triaikylsilylamines to give bis(trialkylsilyl) esters (127) in excellent yield. These compounds are extremely reactive, e.g. they are spontaneously inflammable in air. Dialkyl phosphonites (128) have also been prepared by the reduction of... 

FIGURE 11.14 Reductive biodegradation of alkyl phosphonates and phosphites. 

Large, well-designed trials have proven the benefits of bis-phosphonate therapy in preventing vertebral and nonvertebral fractures. Several studies have found decreases in vertebral fracture risk by as much as 40% to 50% with alendronate and risedronate.13,14,19-21 Data suggest a similar reduction with ibandronate on vertebral fractures.16,22 Alendronate and risedronate decrease the incidence of hip and nonvertebral fractures as well.14,19,23... 

The DIBAL reduction of esters to aldehydes in the presence of phosphonate anions appears to solve problems of overreduction to alcohol and provides a good general method of 2-carbon homologation... 

Dubois et al. [4] describe the synthesis of organophosphine dendrimers via the sequential addition of diethylvinyl phosphonate to primary phosphines followed by reduction with lithium aluminum hydride (Scheme 2). Metallation of... 

The use or safe disposal of the iron residues from zinc production (see Figure 7) presents a major technical problem.204 The use of chelating aminomethylene phosphonic acid extractants such as (28) and (29) to recover iron from these residues has been proposed.205 These give much higher FenI/Znn selectivity than D2EHPA but are more difficult to strip. A reductive-stripping process is proposed.187,205... 

Reductive and oxidative transformations of small ring compounds form the basis of a variety of versatile synthetic methods which include functionalization and carbon skeleton construction. Redox mechanisms of organotransition metal compounds play an important role in inducing or catalyzing specific reactions. Another useful route in this area is based on one-electron redox reactions. The redox tautomerism of dialkyl phosphonate also contributes to the efficiency of the reductive transformation of small ring compounds. This review summarizes selective transformations which have a high potential for chemical synthesis. 

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