The reaction of trivalent phosphorus compounds with halogenated pyrrole- and furan-2,5-diones

Yuen-Ki Cheong, D. Vaughan Griffiths, Philip Duncanson

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We have previously reported that 3-halogenated pyrrole-2,5-diones 1 (Z = NR3
) react with trialkyl phosphites, dialkyl phosphonites and alkyl phosphinites to give the corresponding ylides 2 and hence the bisphosphoryl systems 3. Similarly, the dihalogenated heterocycles 4 (Z = NR3 ) give rise to the ylides 5 and hence the trisphosphoryl systems 6.
[1] We have also shown that analogous reactions occur with the corresponding furan systems 1 and 4 (Z = O). Since the mechanism we proposed to explain the formation of 2 involves an initial attack at C-4, as in Scheme 1, leading to carbene formation 7, we were interested to investigate whether the presence of a suitable substituent (- - -) at this position would also result in some intramolecular cyclisation 8 or whether its presence would inhibit attack at the C-4 site leading to alternative products. For Ph2POMe and the case of 9, where
the 4-substitutent was methyl, the mode of attack was not affected and the
product proceeded cleanly to give the crystalline ylide 10. However, in the
corresponding reaction when the 4- substituent was benzyl and the halogen was Cl, as in 11, the reaction was much slower and the outcome was temperature dependent. Interestingly, at 150 °C the major products were the three phosphoryl compounds 13 – 15 [R1 =R2 =Ph, R3 =Me]. The formation of these components, whose structures were established by X-ray crystallography,
can be explained by proposing that they are derived from the initially formed ylide 12 [R1 =R2 =Ph, R3 =Me], which can be rationalised as involving an initial attack at C-3 rather than C-4. It is also interesting to note that while the phosphoryl compound 13 [R1 =R2 =Ph, R3 =Me] was observed solely as its
Z isomer, only the E isomer of the thermal rearrangement product 14 [R1
=R2 =Ph, R3 =Me] was observed. Such observations will be discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2008
Event19th International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 8 Jul 201212 Jul 2012

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityRotterdam
Period8/07/1212/07/12

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