29 α-Phosphorylated Carbanions: Synthetic Features G. STURTZ, B. CORBEL, M. B A B O U L È N E , and J. J. YAOUANC
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The study of the chemical reactivity of some phosphates and more specifically, the various possibilities of ester bond rupture, canto some extent be of aid in understanding a few of the mechanisms involved in metabolism effects, while allowing the implementation of new reactions in organic synthesis. For these reasons it seemed of interest to attempt to create an α-carbanion from a phosphoric acid derivatives 1 ©
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The following question could, for example, be put forward as to whether a carbenic or carbenoic entity would be yielded. By selecting certain terpenic phosphates as a substratum , biosynthesis advantages could be brought out by avowing the "natural" possibility of creating this carbanion in a terpenic pyrophosphate, for example ; this to our knowledge has never been brought up in reactions with respect to these compounds. First (1), we have shown that 0-benzylic phosphoric acid derivatives 2 treated with a strong base produced phosphate carbanions which immediately rearranged into α-hydroxy phosphonate oxanions 3 .
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Indeed i n the same experimental c o n d i t i o n s the g e r a n y l phosphate b r i n g s the formation of an α-hydroxy phosphonate which can give the c i t r a l . By u s i n g a double q u a n t i t y of base, we get c i t r o n e l l i c a c i d and we know that t h i s type of compound i s found i n some p l a n t s . So we may consider that i n the f i e l d of a b i o l o g y enzymatic s y s tem would e x i s t , which could lead from g e r a n y l pyrophosphate to such t r a n s p o s i t i o n s . This hypothesis would e x p l a i n the presence of these compounds i n t o some p l a n t s . LITERATURE CITED
1. STURTZ, G. and CORBEL, B. C.R. Acad. Sc. Paris, série C t. 276, 1973, p 1807. 2. STURTZ, G. and CORBEL, B. C.R. Acad. Sc. Paris, série C t. 277, 1973, p 395. 3. STURTZ, G., CORBEL, B. and PAUGAM, J.P. Tetrahedron Letters, 1976, P 47. 4. STURTZ, G., YAOUANC, J.J., KRAUSZ, F. and LABEEUW, B. Synthesis, 1980,P289. 5. BABOULENE, M. and STURTZ, G. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1979, p 27. 6. TANAKA, K., UNEME, Η., ΟΝΟ, Ν. and KAJI, A. Chemistry Letters 1979, P 1039. R E C E I V E D July 7,
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