Phosphinomethanides and group 15 element halides: Redox reactions, rearrangements and novel heterocycles

H. H. Karsch, E. Witt

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Abstract

The reactions of ECl3 (E = P, As, Sb, Bi), RPCl2 (R = Me, Ph, 1Bu, Cy2N) and Ph2PCl, respectively, with ambident lithium phosphinomethanides are described. The reaction with LiCH2PMe2, 1, by E-C bond formation, leads to the substitution products E(CH2PMe2)3, 2a-d, (E = P, As, Sb, Bi) and R-P(CH2PMe2)2 (R = Me, Ph, 1Bu, Cy2N) 5a-d. In contrast, LiC(PMe2)(SiMe3)2 -0.5TMEDA, 6, gives substitution products with ECl3 (E = P, As, Sb), by E-P bond formation. Thus, the first element-tris(P-ylide)derivatives E(PMe2=C(SiMe3)2)3, 7a-c, are obtained. 7b is characterized by X-ray structure determination. In these reactions, oxidative P-P coupling to give [(Me3Si)2C=PMe2]2, 8, is also observed, and exclusively in the reaction of BiCl3 with 6. The reaction of RPCl2 (R = Me, Ph, 1Bu, Cy2N) with 6 strongly is dependent on the nature of R. For R = Me, only substitution is observed, yielding Me-P(PMe2=C(SiMe3)2)2, 10, while for R = Ph, both substitution and Li/Cl exchange with subsequent formation of 8 and the diphosphane [(Me3Si)2C=PMe2-PPh]2, 12, are found. The latter has been characterized structurally. In contrast, for R = 1Bu, only (1BuP)3, 13, and (1BuP)4, 14, are obtained. An analogous result is observed in the reaction of 1BuPCl2 with LiC(PMe2)2(SiMe3), 17. The reaction of Cy2NPCl2 with two equivalents of LiC(PMe2)(SiMe3)2 · 0.5TMEDA, 6, gives a phospha-alkene Cy2N-P=C(SiMe3)2, 16, and the substitution product Cy2N-P(PMe2=C(SiMe3)2)2, 15. Likewise, LiC(PMe2)2(SiMe3), 17, reacts with PhPCl2 to give the substitution product Ph-P(PMe2=C(PMe2)(SiMe3))2, 18, which is characterized by X-ray structure determination, whereas with MePCl2 only the P-ylide Me2P-PMe2=C(PMe2)(SiMe3), 20, and the coupling product [(Me2P)(Me3Si)C=PMe2]2, 19, are formed. The latter is also obtained in the reactions of BiCl3 or SbCl3 with LiC(PMe2)2(SiMe3), 17. Analogous redox reactions with AsCl3 and PCl3, respectively, lead to the bis-pentacyclic {μ-[C(PMe2)2(SiMe3)]As2}2, 21, and the hexacycle P-PMe2-C(SiMe3)-PMe2-C(SiMe3)-PMe2, 22, which were structurally characterized by X-ray analyses. Depending on the reaction conditions, the reaction of PCl3 with LiC(PMe2)2(SiMe3), 17, alternatively may lead to the triphosphete P-PMe2-C(SiMe3)-PMe2, 24. By using P-phenyl-substituents instead of P-methyl-substituents, i.e. in the reaction of LiC(PPh2)2(SiMe3), 25, with PCl3 or AsCl3, the triphosphete P-PPh2-C(SiMe3)-PPh2, 26a, or its arsenic analogue As-PPh2-C(SiMe3)-PPh2, 26b, are respectively formed, along with the chlorine substituted ylide (Cl)(Ph)2P=C(PPh2)(SiMe3), 27. 26a,b are characterized by X-ray structure determinations. The synthesis of the first ten-electron phosphorus cation P[C(PPh2)2(SiMe3)]+2, 30, with a homonuclear, spirocyclic PP4-framework was achieved by reacting the triphosphete 26a with the ylide 27 in the presence of NaBPh4. The crystal structure of the cation of 30, which adopts a Ψ-tbp geometry, was determined.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)151-169
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume529
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Feb 1997

Keywords

  • Group 15
  • Heterocycles
  • P-P bond formation
  • Phosphinomethanides
  • Phosphorus ylides
  • Redox reactions

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