T. I. Kazantseva

Reactions of Elemental Phosphorus and Phosphine with Electrophiles in Superbasic Systems: XIV.1 Phosphorylation of 2-Vinylnaphthalene with Elemental Phosphorus and Phosphines in the KOH-DMSO System

Elemental phosphorus (red or white) reacts with 2-vinylnaphthalene while heating at 90-96°C in the superbasic KOH-DMSO system to form 2-(2-naphthyl)ethylphosphine, 2-(2-naphthyl)ethylphosphinic acid, bis[2-(2-naphthyl)ethyl]phosphine, bis[2-(2-naphthyl)ethyl]phosphine oxide, and tris[2-(2-naphthyl)ethyl]phosphine oxide in a total yield of up to 40%. Selective conditions for preparing the tertiary phosphine oxide from white phosphorus and 2-vinylnaphthalene in 58% yield were found. Phosphine and (2-phenylpropyl)phosphine add to 2-vinylnaphthalene in the KOH-DMSO system to form, under certain conditions, corresponding secondary phosphines in high yields.

Chemo- and Regiospecific Monoaddition of Secondary Phosphine Sulfides to 1-Acyl-2-phenylacetylenes

Secondary phosphine sulfides react with 1-acyl-2-phenylacetylenes under mild conditions (KOH, THF, r.t.) to afford chemo-and regiospecifically 3-diorganophosphorothioyl-1-R-3-phenyl-2-propen-1-ones in high yield, with the E-isomers being formed exclusively (R = Ph and 2-thienyl) or predominantly (60%, R = Me).

TRIS[(5-CHLORO-2-THIENYL)METHYL] PHOSPHINE OXIDE FROM ELEMENTAL PHOSPHORUS AND 2-CHLORO-5-(CHLOROMETHYL) THIOPHENE

Abstract White phosphorus readily reacts with 2-chloro-5-(chloromethyl)thiophene under phase-transfer conditions (KOH, water, dioxane, benzyltriethylammonium chloride, 50–52°C, 3 h) to form tris[(5-chloro-2-thienyl)methyl]phosphine oxide in good yield. This new phosphine oxide undergoes the Wittig - Homer reaction with benzaldehyde (NaNH2/THF system) leading to 2-chloro-5-|(E)-2-phenylethenyllthiophen and bis[(5-chlom-2-thienyl)methyl]phosphinic acid.

Phosphorylation of Allyl Halides with White Phosphorus

White phosphorus reacts with allyl bromide in the system KOH-dioxane-H 2 O at room temperature to form tris(propen-2-yl), bis(propen-2-yl)(E-propen-1-yl), and bis(E-propen-1-yl)(propen-2-yl)phosphine oxides in a total quantitative yield, their molar ratio being 1:0.5:0.1.

Reactions of Elemental Phosphorus and Phosphines with Electrophiles in Superbasic Systems: XIII. Phosphorylation of Phenylacetylene with Active Modifications of Elemental Phosphorus

Phosphorylation of phenylacetylene with white or activated red phosphorus (prepared from white phosphorus under the action of ionizing radiation) occurs in KOH-DMSO or KOH-HMPA systems with heat evolution and stereoselective formation of Z isomers of tristyrylphosphine and -phosphine oxide in yields of 48-49% and 10-15%, respectively. Under the comparable conditions the commercial red phosphorus is considerably less reactive toward phenylacetylene: The total yield of the above-mentioned products is 5%.

REACTION OF VINYLPYRIDINES WITH ACTIVE MODIFICATIONS OF ELEMENTAL PHOSPHORUS IN KOH/DMSO

The phosphorylation of 2-vinyl- and 4-vinylpyridines by white phosphorus and active modifications of red phosphorus (obtained by thermal polymerization of white phosphorus in the presence of graphite or the action of ionizing radiation in benzene) in the KOH/DMSO superbase system at room temperature leads to the formation of tris[2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]- and tris[2-(4-pyridyl)ethyl]phosphine oxides in 58-72% yield. These oxides are promising ligands for design of metal complex catalysts. These vinylpyridines react less efficiently with ordinary red phosphorus and the yield of the corresponding tris(2-pyridylethyl)phosphine oxides does not exceed 10%.

Radical addition of secondary phosphine chalcogenides to allylamine: Atom-economic synthesis of aminopropylphosphine chalcogenides

Secondary phosphine sulfides and phosphine selenides react with allylamine under the conditions of radical initiation (UV or AIBN) to form the anti-Markovnikov adducts in up to 93 % yield.

Redox reaction of red phosphorus with hydrosulfide anions in DMSO

Received April 3, 2008 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ISSN 1070-3632, Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 2008, Vol. 78, No. 9, pp. 1816–1818.

Reactions of Elemental Phosphorus and Phosphine with Electrophiles in Superbasic Media: XI.1 Phosphorylation of 4-Methoxybenzyl Chloride with Elemental Phosphorus and Phosphine

Abstract4-Methoxybenzyl chloride reacts with elemental (red or white) phosphorus under the conditions of phase-transfer catalysis (concentrated aqueous KOH, dioxane, benzyltriethylammonium chloride, 85-90°C, argon) to give as major product tris(4-methoxybenzyl)phosphine oxide in up to 45% yield. With white phosphorus at lower (70°C) temperature this reaction yields mainly bis(4-methoxybenzyl)phosphine oxide. Phosphine reacts with 4-methoxybenzyl chloride in superbasic KOH-DMSO suspension, and under definite conditions bis(4-methoxybenzyl)phosphine oxide is predominantly formed.

Reactions of Elemental Phosphorus and Phosphine with Electrophiles in Superbasic Systems: XV. Phosphorylation of Allyl Halides with Elemental Phosphorus

Elemental phosphorus (red or white) reacts with allyl chloride and allyl bromide in a two-phase system aqueous KOH-organic solvent to form tertiary symmetrical and mixed phosphine oxides among which tris(prop-2-enyl)-, bis(prop-2-enyl)[(E)-prop-1-enyl]-, bis(prop-2-enyl)[(Z)-prop-1-enyl]-, (prop-2-enyl)[(E)-prop-1-enyl][(Z)-prop-1-enyl]-, bis[(E)-prop-1-enyl](prop-2-enyl)-, bis[(Z)-prop-1-enyl](prop-2-enyl)-, tris-[(E)-prop-1-enyl]-, and bis[(E)-prop-1-enyl][(Z)-prop-1-enyl]phosphine oxides were identified. The conditions (room temperature, 60% aqueous KOH-dioxane) allowing preparation from white phosphorus and allyl bromide of tris(prop-2-enyl)- and bis(prop-2-enyl)[(E)-prop-1-enyl]phosphine oxides as major products in the total yield of up to 96% were found.