Phosphorous-centered

In 1982, a new reaction was reported by Tamura and Ono namely, allylic nitro compounds undergo replacement of the nitro group by various nucleophiles in the presence of a palladium (0) catalyst.17a b 18a b The details of these reactions are discussed in Ref. 2b here, only some typical examples are presented. Carbon, sulfur, nitrogen, and phosphorous centered nucleophiles replace the nitro groups at the allylic positions. The reaction of allylic nitro compounds with triphenylphosphine is applied to the highly stereoselective olefination of aldehydes (Eqs. 7.15-7.18).19... 

Various chiral centers, such as the chiral carbon center, chiral nitrogen center, chiral phosphorous center, and chiral sulfur center are depicted in Figure 12. 

Harger has studied the rearrangement of A-substituted N-phosphinoylhydroxylamines in the presence of base . He proposed a concerted mechanism based on the observed retention of the configuration at the phosphorous center during the transposition , and on studies with 0-labelled compounds . Similar cyclic transition states 572 were proposed in the base-induced rearrangement of A,0-bis(diphenylphosphinoyl)hydroxylamines (571) (equation 254). However, in the rearrangement of O-benzoyl-A-(diphenylphosphino-thiol)hydroxylamine where a transposition of O and S atoms occurs, the proposed cyclic transition state has sulfur participation . 

The synthetic potential of silicon substituents in organic and organometallic chemistry has by far not been fully exploited, which is evidenced by the numerous contributions in this chapter. This is examplified for the description of the silyl group as a substituent and as a functional group in carbene and carbenoid chemistry, for the function of the trimethylsilyl substituent in the synthesis of low-valent compounds containing elements ofgroup 15 andfor the influence of a supersilyl ligand to a phosphorous center. 

Modifications at the phosphorous center, including the phosphorothiolate, methylphos-phonate, and phosphoramidate derivatives, have generally shown reduced binding affinity for their RNA targets [19]. Replacement of the phosphate generally destabilizes bind-... 

Vicinal diols could also be deoxygenated via their xanthate derivates, however a sacrificial olefin, such as 1-dodecene, was a necessary additive to prevent the phosphorous-centered radical from adding to the desired product. 

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