Phosphorus amides, alcoholysi

In a similar way to the aminolysis of the P-N bond mentioned above (Scheme 9), alcoholysis of phosphinous amides leads to the alkyl esters of the respective phosphinous acids [30, 121]. This reaction occurs with inversion of the absolute configuration of the phosphorus atom, and has been used in a synthetic sequence leading to optically active tertiary phosphanes 22 [122] (Scheme 23). 

The alcoholysis and transamination of various aminophosphines have been studied as functions of the basicity of the attacking nucleophile and the substituents on phosphorus. As might be expected the reaction is facilitated by electron-withdrawing groups on phosphorus. The hydrolysis of tris(dimethylamino)phosphine (90) to phosphorous acid has been investigated using thin-layer chromatography and the amides (91) and (92) have been identified as intermediates. 

Methylindoline and 1,3-dimethylindoline are phosphorylated by phosphorus trichloride at 100-120°C (3 h). Here 5-dichlorophosphinylindoline 36a,b is obtained from approximately half the indoline, while the other half is converted into the corresponding hydrochloride (indoline is regenerated from it by treatment with alkali) [34, 35]. With phosphorus trichloride 1,2,3,3-tetramethylindoline forms dichlorophosphine 36c with a quantitative yield [36]. The acid chlorides 36 undergo hydrolysis (37), amidation (38), and alcoholysis (39). Phosphonites 38 and 39 are converted into thiophosphonates and phosphonates 40, 41 and enter into the Arbuzov reaction (42) [160] ... 

Alcoholysis of the amides of alkylenephosphorous acids with cellulose led to the synthesis of hitherto unknown phosphorus-containing derivatives of cellulose (70), cellulose alkylenephosphites ... 

An X ray examination of the product from the interaction of (2B,4fi,5S)-(-)-3,4-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1,3,2-oxazaphospholidine 2-oxide with an aryl Grignard reagent has demonstrated that ring opening occurs with retention of configuration at phosphorus in accord with Inch s work, but at variance with that of Koizumi, and also in stereochemical opposition to that displayed by acyclic analogues (Mislow). Acid catalyzed alcoholysis of the acyclic phosphinic amide... 

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