The phospha-Peterson reaction between a lithiated secondary phosphane, MesP(Li)TMS, and an aldehyde affords Mes-phosphaalkenes which, upon methanol addition and P-oxidation, react with a second carbonyl compound site specifically to produce unsymmetric alkenes. The E/ Z selectivity of the one-pot cross coupling is largely determined by the electronic nature of the aryl substituent of the first aldehyde, with electron-donating groups giving rise to increased amounts of Z-alkenes.
Triphenylphosphaalkenes 1a-c were prepared in good to excellent yields in a modified phospha-Peterson reaction between PhP(Li)TMS and benzophenones with different para-substituents at the C-phenyl groups (a: R = H, b: R = Ooctyl, c: R = F). Owing to the low kinetic stabilization that is provided by the P-phenyl group, compounds 1a-c engage in [a]
PhP(Li)TMS converts benzophenones to phosphaalkenes which upon activation under oxidizing, basic conditions react with aromatic aldehydes under the formation of triarylalkenes.
Unsymmetrical E- and Z-stilbenes can be synthetized from two differently substituted benzaldehydes in a MesP(TMS)Li-promoted reductive coupling sequence. Depending on the order of addition of the two coupling partners, the...
Dedicated to Professor Cesare Gennari on the occasion of his 70 th birthdayThe first examples of a π-conjugated benzo[b]phosphole Poxide in which two phosphole P-oxide units are connected by a carbon-carbon double bond are described. The molecules are synthesized as E isomers with respect to the carbon-carbon double bond and exist as stable cis and trans isomers (chiral and meso one respectively) relatively to the two stereogenic P atoms. The optical and electrochemical properties of both isomers have been investigated by experiment and computations.
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