Phosphoryl halides, synthesis

In order to examine the stereochemical implications in the synthesis of (largely) phosphinic acids (but also tertiary phosphine oxides), Inch and coworkers " employed carbohydrate frameworks as chiral templates. As primary substrates, the cyclic phospho-rochloridate 161 and the corresponding phosphorofluoridate 162 were prepared from methyl 1,2,3-di-O-methyl-a-D-glucopyranoside, each phosphoryl halide being obtained as a mixture of diastereoisomers, anomeric at phosphorus, and from which, in each case, the major component (thought to have an equatorial P=0 bond) was isolated. Configurations in both substrates and reaction products were assigned with the aid of proton and NMR... 

The most convenient synthesis of halogenopyrazines and -quinoxalines is by halogenation of pyrazinones and quinoxalinones with phosphoryl or other acid halides for example, 5-hydroxy-2-pyrazinecarboxylic acid, rather than 5(477)-pyrazinone-2-carboxylic acid, is chlorinated with phosphorus pentachloride/phosphoryl chloride to afford a 63% yield of 5-chloro-2-pyrazinecarbonyl chloride <1994SL814>. Sato and Narita provided an improved synthesis of various halogenopyrazines in which 2(l//)-pyrazinones were activated with chlorotrimethylsilane to give silyl ethers (Section 8.03.7.3). This procedure is most effective for synthesis of bromopyrazines whose overall yields are 62-81% <1999JHC783>. Bromopyrazine is directly prepared by treatment of 2-(l//)-pyrazinone with phosphoryl... 

Protonated forms of the large-ring macrocycle [24]Ng02 (5) and related compounds have been shown to be active as synthetic phosphorylation catalysts in ATP synthesis. It is likely that in this case the substrate enters the macrocyclic cavity to some extent, or is enveloped by it. Evidence for this possibility comes from the crystal structure of the chloride salt of 5-6H (Figure 1) in which a chloride ion is enveloped within a cleft formed by the boat-shaped conformation of the macrocy-cle. The crystal structure of the nitrate salt of 5-4H has also recently been determined and the host again adopts a boat-like conformation as it interacts with the anion. The hydrochloride salt of the smaller [22]Ng binds two chloride anions above and below the host plane in a similar way to 1. Molecular dynamics simulations indicate that the pocket-like conformation for 5-6H is maintained in solution, although Cl NMR experiments demonstrate that halide ions are in rapid exchange between the complexed and solvated state. 

A simpler nonphosgene process for the manufacture of isocyanates consists of the reaction of amines with carbon dioxide in the presence of an aprotic organic solvent and a nitrogeneous base. The corresponding ammonium carbamate is treated with a dehydrating agent. This concept has been applied to the synthesis of aromatic and aliphatic isocyanates. The process relies on the facile formation of amine—carbon dioxide salts using acid halides such as phosphoryl chloride [10025-87-3] and thionyl chloride [7719-09-7] (30). 

In one paper [112] on phosphorylated indoles phosphorus oxychloride was used in reaction with indolylmagnesium halides (Id) for the synthesis of tris(3-indolyl)phosphine oxide 118 ... 

As outlined in Scheme 8, a synthesis of l,6aA -dithia-6-azapentalenes 94a-d from dithioles 93a-d and isonitriles is an example of utilization of the HCl formed in a catalytic amount from phosphoryl chloride and moisture in the air. The liberated acid and isonitrile produce the reactive electrophilic species 97 that reacts with the dithiole giving rise to the intermediate, cycloaddition product 96, which then leads to final product via release of HCl. An alternative mechanism was also considered, implying that the a-addition reaction of the isonitrile to the dithiolylium halide 95, obtained by protonation of 1,2-dithiole 93, gives rise to the intermediate salt and then to the final product <1997HAC479>. 

The pyrolysis of organoarsenic compounds containing the arsenyl moiety has some limited preparative applications [arsenyl (As=0) by analogy with phosphoryl (P=0)]. The compounds are based on the arsonic acid RAs(0)(0H)2, the arsinic acid R2As(0)0H and the arsine oxide R3As=0 structures. The acids are in interesting contrast with the phosphorus series. The phosphonic and phosphinic esters are prepared from the phosphorus(III) precursors via the Arbuzov synthesis. This synthetic route fails with the arsenic analogues, and further, if an alkyl halide or a salt is added in the pyrolysis of arsonic or arsinic acid esters a retro-Arbuzov reaction takes place . ... 

The coupling of phosphoryl or phosphinyl amides with phosphoryl or phosphinyl halides is an excellent method for the preparation of unsymmetrical ligands, and affords the synthesis of compounds with both organic groups and chalcogens differing. 

Because heteroatom-substituted vinylphosphonates such as enol phosphates and vinyl halides are masked acetylenic compounds, a variety of methods have been developed for their elaboration and subsequent use in the synthesis of dialkyl 1-alkynylphosphonates. These eliminations usually have the leaving group P to the phosphoryl group, although cases in which the leaving group is a to the phosphorus center are also known (Scheme 1.12). 

Tetravalent phosphorus halides are known to react with lithium reagents, but data is scarce. Aryllithium reagents easily displace chloride ion from phosphoryl chloride in the synthesis of tertiary phosphine oxides (143,144,174). A small quantity of the corresponding phosphinic acid (42) was isolated in the preparation of tris(p-dimethylamino-phenyl)phosphine oxide (43) (174). Choice of conditions and concentrations of reactants may well favor either the single or the double dis-... 

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