125 Chemical Model Showing Three Phenomena: Phosphorane-->Ylide, Ylide-->Phosphorane, and Phosphorane Ylide RAMON BURGADA, YVES LEROUX, and Y. O. EL KHOSHNIEH
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We have shown without any doubt the formation of carbanions obtained when t r i v a l e n t phosphorus compounds react with an acetylenic compound. Trapping of these carbanionic species with p r o t i c reagents, alcohol for instance,leads to an y l i d A. An alternative pathway involves reaction on the phosphorus atom leading to a phosphorane B.
With c y c l i c phosphite 3, when the trapping reagent used in reaction is phenol, we obtain a quantitative y i e l d of y l i d . Between 0° and 20° this y l i d undergoes a complete rearrangement leading to a phosphorane (1).
Conversely, a phosphorane is obtained at -20°C when the Ρ reagent is trimethylphosphite and methanol is the trapping species. This phosphorane undergo a complete rearrangement in a few minutes at 20°C leading to an ylid. 0097-6156/81/0171-0607S05.00/0 © 1981 American Chemical Society III
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for instance in CCl : 8 18%-9 82% and in C H C l : 8 37%-9 63%. If the dichloromethane solution is evaporated and a new solution made with carbon t e t r a chloride then the f i r s t results(8 18% and 9 82%) are found again. In tetrachloride s o l u t i o n , these two species 8 and 9 remained e s s e n t i a l l y unchanged. With d i c h l o r o methane s o l u t i o n , the evolution takes a few hours only; NMR signals appear for 10 (Z+E) whereas the i n t e n s i t y of 8^ and 9_ signals are decreasing. When the percentage of J_0 is 60% the r e l a t i v e r a t i o of y l i d versus phosphorane remains unchanged(36%-64%>. In the end, two isomers (Z + E) corresponding to the phosphonate J_0 can be seen ( Ρ NMR). 4
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It is also possible to follow the chemical modification of the system with *H NMR technique and in p a r t i c u l a r the appearance and the disappearance of doublets r e l a t i v e to H-C-C=P, H-C=C-P and H-C=C-P . Upon heating, the equilibrium shifts from (50% Z, 50% E) of 10 to isomer E . Another equilibrium ylid«F=^ phosphorane has been reported a few years ago. Nevertheless i t was obtained by addition or loss of a reagent (_2) . V
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(CH.KP
Table
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β
0
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species
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MeOH
+
PhOH
•f
MeOH
+
PhOH
+
Re s u 11 s
Ί
III
POMe
J—o'
Ylid
C0 Me o
•ι I
C0 Me
Ylid
(MeO) ? 3
POMe ^ L o ^
2
PhC0 H
+
PhC0 H
+
o
2
Ylid
POMe
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1
I n t a b l e 1, t h e t h r e e p h e n o m e n a w h i c h c o r r e s p o n d t o t h e p a p e r ' s t i t l e a r e e n c i r c l e d . We c a n a l s o s e e t h a t t h e same r e a g e n t i . e . m e t h a n o l a l w a y s g i v e s a p h o s p h o r a n e . T h i s one is s t a b l e when t h ep h o s p h i t e r e a g e n t is a c y c l i c species. This phosphorane then undergoes a r e a r r a n g e m e n t t o a n y l i d when t h ep h o s p h i t e r e a g e n t i s a linear species (Ρ(OMe)^)· One c a n s e e a l s o t h a t w i t h t h e same t r a p p i n g reagent, phenol f o rinstance, the k i n e t i c producti s now a n y l i d . When t h e t r a p p i n g r e a g e n t i s b e n z o i c acid we h a v e a t t a i n e d t h e r m o d y n a m i c s t a b i l i t y b e t w e e n ylid and p h o s p h o r a n e . A t l o w t e m p e r a t u r e , t h e y l i d 4^ a d d s m e t h a n o l b e f o r e g i v i n g b y r e a r r a n g e m e n t a p h o s p h o r a n e 5_ wh i c h f i n a l l y lead t o a saturated phosphorane 11 .
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OMe
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P
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0Ph
MeOH -20
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0
M
e
OPh
CHCH
c
*Ί
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Phosphorane JJ_ is stable enough in solution to be analyzed and i d e n t i f i e d . Nevertheless, in a few days JJ_ loses phenol and not methanol to give a v i n y l phosphorane J_2 (E. s t r u c t u r e ) . MeO |^0Me A M
11
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0 P—C = C ^ ϋ -— / \ •° C0 Me ° 2
+ PhOH
5 + MeOH
1
C
M e
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We can obtain the same phosphorane J_2 by methano l y s i s of phosphorane _5, Concerning the stereochemistry of the phosphorane double-bond, we observe that the Ε isomer is the more stable. The f i r s t reaction of Table 1 gives Ζ isomer, but only traces of benzoic acid are necessary to provoke instantaneous isomerisation of Ζ to E . The mechanism probably involves an addition-elimination. , MeO OMe MeO Me υ Oune » * \ / Γ Π Mp Η 12Z 0- P ^ 2 c a t a l y t i c Am. 0 - Ρ χ. „ ' 1 2E V / > c -ThcoTs—ry j y \ \ * C0 Me^ H \ ^ ° CO^le C0 Me w
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v
m
N
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2
2
Results of Table 1 and the later results seem to sh ow that through out this work we are dealing with k i n e t i c a l l y controlled reactions. Moreover, we demons tr a te that an equilibrium between JT2 and the y l i d form does not exist because this should lead to the isomeris ation of Ζ to E . When the trapping reagent is acetylene dicarboxylate i t s e l f , the reaction yields a new phosphorane which is a pentacoordinated phosphole (3). Li terature cited 1. Burgada, R ; Leroux, Y ; E l Khoshnieh, Y . O . Tetrahedron L e t t . 1980, (21), 925. 2. Schmidbaur, Η ; Stuhler, H. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1972, 2, 145. 3. Burgada, R ; Leroux, Y ; El Khoshnieh, Y.O. Tetrahedron Lett. (in press). RECEIVED
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