Phosphorus, alkylation

Tetracoordinate Si+ complexes may undergo transformations in the mobile ligand, since nucleophilic attack of the counterion may be directed toward electrophilic centers located in the ligand group. Some reactions involving these transformations are of importance in synthesis (86,272-274). For example, the silylation of phosphorus alkyl esters has been broadly explored by bioorganic chemists as a convenient method of generation of phosphorus acids [Eq. (57)] (273). The mechanism of the silylation reaction [Eq. (57)] has been well documented for the cases where X is... 

Tab. 3.5. Reactiors ofa-ritroger ard phosphorus alkyl-, alkeryl-, ard acylcuprate reagents [180].

Inversion of Olefin Stereochemistry The preparation of alkenes via inversion of the double bond geometry is an important synthetic transformation. For example, interconversion of the (Z)-alkene to the (ff-isomer depicted below involves treatment of the (Z)-epoxide with the nucleophilic LiPPh2 followed by phosphorus alkylation to furnish the betaine,which undergoes 5yn-elimination to produce the (Ef-alkene. The alkene inversion works for di-, tri-, and tetra-substituted olefins. 

Decomposition evolves oxygen. Periodates are noncombustible substances but ignite when mixed with combustible materials. Fire and/or explosion may occur when periodates are mixed with organics or other readily oxidizable compounds. Reactions with finely divided metals, hydrides, mineral acids, charcoal, phosphorus, alkyl phosphites, amines, sulfur, and a number of inorganic and organic compounds can be violently explosive. 

Alkyl Phosphites. The Interaction of Phosphorus Trichloride and Alcohols. 

Alkyl halides Aryl halides Anhydrous calcium chloride anhydrous sodium, magnesium or calcium sulphate phosphorus pentoxide. 

The small capacity apparatus is especially recommended for the use of students the consumption of iodine by a large class of students is not unreasonably high. Larger apparatus, e.g., 60 ml. and 100 ml. capacity holding 100 g. and 200 g. respectively of iodine, are generally preferred for routine preparations of alkyl iodides the bolt-head flask should then be of 250 or 500 ml. capacity. Thus for n-butyl iodide a typical preparation would employ 120 g. (148-5 ml.) of n.butyl alcohol, 21 75 g. of red phosphorus, and 200 g. of iodine. 

Alkyl phosphates. From phosphorus oxychloride and the alcohol in the presence of p3u-idine, for example ... 

The Julia-Lythgoc olefination operates by addition of alkyl sulfone anions to carbonyl compounds and subsequent reductive deoxysulfonation (P. Kocienski, 1985). In comparison with the Wittig reaction, it has several advantages sulfones are often more readily available than phosphorus ylides, and it was often successful when the Wittig olefination failed. The elimination step yields exclusively or predominantly the more stable trans olefin stereoisomer. 

The reactions described so far can be considered as alkylation, alkenylation, or alkynylation reactions. In principle all polar reactions in syntheses, which produce monofunctional carbon compounds, proceed in the same way a carbanion reacts with an electropositive carbon atom, and the activating groups (e.g. metals, boron, phosphorus) of the carbanion are lost in the work-up procedures. We now turn to reactions, in which the hetero atoms of both the acceptor and donor synthons are kept in a difunctional reaction produa. 

Thiazolium salts with alkyl (103, 722), arylalkyl (116), aryl (305), or heteroaryl (96) substituents on the nitrogen have been also prepared by this procedure. As in the thiazole series, N-substituted thioamides can be formed directly in the reaction mixture from phosphorus pentasulfide and N-substituted amides (127). These methods are important in the synthesis of thiamine 102 (vitamin Bj) (Scheme 45). 

Alkylethers (269), R2 = alkyl, are obtained by the action of phosphorus pentasulfide on alkyl esters of a-acylamino acids (64, 334, 711) by means of the GabriePs synthesis (Section II.4), while aryl ethers (269), = aryl,... 

Alkyl halides are such useful starting materials for preparing other functional group types that chemists have developed several different methods for converting alcohols to alkyl halides Two methods based on the inorganic reagents thionyl chloride and phosphorus tnbromide bear special mention... 

Phosphorus tnbromide reacts with alcohols to give alkyl bromides and phospho rous acid... 

Thionyl chloride and phosphorus tribromide are specialized reagents used to bring about particular functional group transformations For this reason we won t present the mechanisms by which they convert alcohols to alkyl halides but instead will limit our selves to those mechanisms that have broad applicability and enhance our knowledge of fundamental principles In those instances you will find that a mechanistic understand mg IS of great help m organizing the reaction types of organic chemistry... 

Reaction of alcohols with phosphorus tribromide (Section 4 13) As an alternative to converting alco hols to alkyl bromides with hydrogen bromide the inorganic reagent phosphorus tribromide is some times used... 

Reaction with phosphorus trihalides (Section 4 13) Phosphorus trichloride and phosphorus tribromide convert alcohols to alkyl halides... 

Alcohol Phosphorus trihalide Alkyl halide Phosphorous acid... 

Both reactants m the Williamson ether synthesis usually originate m alcohol pre cursors Sodium and potassium alkoxides are prepared by reaction of an alcohol with the appropriate metal and alkyl halides are most commonly made from alcohols by reaction with a hydrogen halide (Section 4 7) thionyl chloride (Section 4 13) or phosphorus tri bromide (Section 4 13) Alternatively alkyl p toluenesulfonates may be used m place of alkyl halides alkyl p toluenesulfonates are also prepared from alcohols as their imme diate precursors (Section 8 14)... 

Phosphorus ylides are prepared from alkyl halides by a two step sequence The first step is a nucleophilic substitution of the 8 2 type by triphenylphosphme on an alkyl halide to give an alkyltriphenylphosphonium salt... 

Phosphorus—hydrogen compounds undergo a metathetical exchange with some organometallic alkylating reagents (see Grignard reactions) ... 

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