Secondary phosphines alkylation

Metal phosphides can be employed to direct the action of alkyl hahdes more toward primary and secondary phosphines. 

Kyba and eoworkers prepared the similar, but not identical compound, 26, using quite a different approach. In this synthesis, pentaphenylcyclopentaphosphine (22) is converted into benzotriphosphole (23) by reduction with potassium metal in THF, followed by treatment with o "t/20-dichlorobenzene. Lithium aluminum hydride reduction of 23 affords l,2-i>/s(phenylphosphino)benzene, 24. The secondary phosphine may be deprotonated with n-butyllithium and alkylated with 3-chlorobromopropane. The twoarmed bis-phosphine (25) which results may be treated with the dianion of 24 at high dilution to yield macrocycle 26. The overall yield of 26 is about 4%. The synthetic approach is illustrated in Eq. (6.16), below. 

We discovered a complementary procedure for conversion of OMen to other functional groups. The ester P-OMen bond was shown to be cleaved in a stereoselective manner reductively [85,86]. The cleavage takes place with almost complete preservation of stereochemical integrity at phosphorus. The reducing agents are usually sodium or Hthium naphthalenide, lithium biphenyUde, and Hthium 4,4 -di-fert-butylbiphenyl (LDBB). The species produced is then quenched with an alkyl hahde or methanol to afford tertiary or secondary phosphines, respectively (Scheme 5b). Overall, the displacement reaction proceeds with retention of configuration. 

Reports on the sensitivity of many neutral and cationic NHP derivatives towards air and moisture reveal in most cases pronounced reactivity even with traces of H20 causing P-X bond hydrolysis whereas genuine oxidation processes appear to play a role only for P-H and P-alkyl NHPs [71]. Controlled hydrolysis proceeds at low temperature as depicted in Scheme 9 to give secondary phosphine oxides 17 as initial product which may react further with excess NHP to phosphinous acid anhydrides 18.3 Both products may be obtained as isolable products starting from P-chloro NHPs [48], Hydrolysis at ambient temperature may be unselective and... 

In the framework of this concept a series of new mixed P/N ligands was prepared, employing the phosphorus-analogous Mannich reaction (Scheme 9). This transformation permits the substitution of primary or secondary amines by methylenephos-phine residues -CH2PRR (R, R = alkyl, aryl) through reaction with a secondary phosphine and formaldehyde (46). Based on the... 

Standard cyclisation methodology was used to access the cyclic monophosphinic acid derivative 78 by reaction of ammonium phosphonate and ethyldiisopropylamine, followed by the addition of chlorotrimethylsilane, with 2,2 -bis (bromomethyl)-l,l -biphenyl. Silane reduction of 78 gave the secondary phosphine. The secondary phosphine borane complex 79 could be used in alkylation or Michael addition reactions. For example the Michael adduct 80 was produced in high yield by treatment of 78 with a NaH suspension in THF followed by the addition of diethylvinylphosphonate . 

The most direct synthesis is performed by reaction of a dihalo compound with a tricoordinated phosphorus compound including a reactive P—Y bond (reaction 101). This synthesis, first used with secondary phosphines, the corresponding phosphides or diphosphines (Y = H, Na, K, PPh2)2b,38°, has subsequently been developed also with silylphosphines (Y = SiMe3),132,381-383 which are easier to handle (reaction 102). The same kind of cyclization by intramolecular alkylation can be achieved using a functional phosphine prepared in a multi-step synthesis380,384,385 (reaction 103). 

Methyl triflate is a powerful alkylating agent, which methylates tetracovalent P=0, P=S, and P=Se systems at the oxygen, sulfur, and selenium atoms, respectively (1,2, 3). Its reaction with analogs containing a hydrogen substituent (e .j>., phosphinate, phosphonate or secondary phosphine oxide species), however, appears not to have been reported. 

Primary and secondary phosphines may be readily alkylated with alkyl halides simply by nucleophilic displacement of halide by a phosphine anion (equation 50)84,392. With primary phosphines, dialkylation is readily achieved if excess base is used. Alkyl halides will also react with phosphine oxide and other phosphorous anions, especially if the reaction is performed under PTC392"395. 

The palladium-catalysed cross-coupling of aryl halides or vinyl halides with dialkyl phosphonates (31) to yield dialkyl arylphosphonates and dialkyl vinylphosphonates, respectively, was first reported by Hirao and co-workers 69 the halides used most frequently are bromides and the reaction is stereospecific with haloalkenes. Subsequently, analogous reactions of alkyl alkylphosphinates (32), alkyl arylphosphinates (32), alkyl phosphinates (33), and secondary phosphine oxides (34), replacing [P—H] bonds with [P—C] bonds to yield various phosphinates and tertiary phosphine oxides, have been developed (Figure 7.1). Alkyl phosphinates (33) may be mono- or diarylated as desired by the selection of appropriate conditions. Aiyl and vinyl triflates have also found limited... 

The hydrophosphonylation (addition of dialkyl phosphonates), hydrophos-phinylation (addition of alkyl alkylphosphinates or alkyl phosphinates) and addition of secondary phosphine oxides to unfunctionalized alkenes and alkynes occur under free radical conditions or with transition metal catalysis.10,39 63 90... 

Unsubstituted secondary phosphine 2 was obtained by the reaction of the dichloride 101 with phosphine PH3 in a toluene/dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)/water mixture (75% yield). The reactivity of the PH function of 2 and its BH3 adduct 3 was examined in deprotonation and alkylation reactions. Compounds 2 and 3 were shown to readily react with diphenyl(vinyl)phosphine and 2-vinylpyridine to give 4 and 5, respectively. Compound 5 was converted into free trisubstituted phosphine 6 upon treatment with diethylamine <1998IC6408>. 

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