EDWARD PIERS, JOHN R. GRIERSON, CHEUK KUN LAU, and ISAO NAGAKURA. Can. J. Chem. 60,210 (1982). A new, efficient method for the preparation of P-chloro, P-bromo, and P-iodo a$-unsaturated ketones is described. The method involves the reaction of P-diketones or a-hydroxymethylenecycloalkanones with triphenylphosphine dihalides in the presence of triethylamine. With the dichloride and dibromide reagents, the reactions are conveniently carried out in benzene at room temperature, while with triphenylphosphine diiodide the reactions are best performed in refluxing acetonitrile (P-diketones) or in acetonitrile-hexamethylphosphoramide (a-hydroxymethylenecycloalkanones). The reaction of triphenylphosphine diiodide -triethylamine with a series of 4-alkyl-l,3-cyclohexanediones provides mainly or exclusively (depending on the size of the alkyl group) 6-alkyl-3-iodo-2-cyclohexen-I-ones, while reaction of this reagent with 2-hydroxymethylenecyclohexanone and 2-hydroxymethylenecyclopentanone affords stereoselectively and regioselectively (E)-2-iodomethylenecyclohexanone and (E)-2-iodomethylenecyclopentanone, respectively. On decrit une nouvelle methode efficace de preparatton des P-chloro, P-bromo et P-iodo cetones a,P-insaturees. La methode fait intervenir la reaction des P-dicetones ou des a-hydroxymethylenecycloalcanones avec les dihaiogenures de triphenylphosphine en presence de triethylamine. Les reactions ont lieu dans le benzene a la temperature ambiante si on utilise les dichlorures ou les dibromures comme reactifs, tandis qu'avec le diiodure de triphenylphosphine, on obtient de meilleures reactions dans I'acetonitrile au reflux (P-dicetones) ou dans un melange d'acetonitrile-hexamethylphosphoramide (a-hydroxymethylenecycloalcanones). La reaction du diiodure de triphenylphosphine dans la triethylamine avec une serie d'alkyl-4 cyclohexanediones-l,3 conduit principalement ou exclusivement (dependant de la taille du groupe alkyle) aux alkyl-6 iodo-3-cyclohexen-2 ones-1, tandis que ce m6mereactif avec I'hydroxymethylene-2 cyclohexanone et I'hydroxymethylene-2 cyclopentanone conduit de f a~o n stereoselective et regioselective aux iodomethylene-2 cyclohexanone-(E) et iodomethylene-2 cyclopentanone-(E) respectivement.
EDWARD PIERS, JOHN R. GRIERSON, CHEUK KUN LAU[Traduit par le journal] Introduction chloride (39), oxalyl chloride (40, 9), and triphenyl-P-Chloro a,P-unsaturated ketones have been phosphine -carbon tetrachloride (41). Of these, known for a long time (1) and, over the years, have the latter two reagents appear to be the best in served as important and versatile intermediates in terms of c~n~e n i e n~e and efficiency. Con~erSion of organic On the other hand, the corre-P-diketones into P-bromo enones has traditionally sponding bromo compounds, although known, do been accomplished by treatment of the not appear to have been used a great deal by substrates with phosphorus tribromide (29,36,42), synthetic organic chemists. Furthermore, prior to although the yield of this Process does not appear to the initiation of ...