Oxidative addition reactions of a quinone with the sulfur
containing cyclic chlorophosphine
S[(t-Bu)MeC6H2O]2PCl (1)
yielded the new bicyclic tetraoxyphosphoranes,
S[(t-Bu)MeC6H2O]2PCl(O2C6Cl4)
(2) and S[(t-Bu)MeC6H2O]2PCl(O2C14H8)
(5). Further new derivatives of this class were
prepared by chlorine displacement
reactions of 2 and 5 to give
S[(t-Bu)MeC6H2O]2P(NHC6H4Me)(O2C6Cl4)
(3),
S[(t-Bu)MeC6H2O]2P(NMe2)(O2C6Cl4)
(4),
S[(t-Bu)MeC6H2O]2P(NHCH2C6H5)(O2C14H8)
(6), and
S[(t-Bu)MeC6H2O]2P(NMe2)(O2C14H8)
(7). X-ray studies
of 2−6 revealed hexacoordination due to donor
action by sulfur which is present as part of an eight-membered
ring
system. The series 2−6 formed geometries
that were displaced along a coordinate from a square pyramid to
an
octahedron, ranging from 24% to 71%. The respective P−S
distance decreased along this series from 3.04 to 2.48
Å as the octahedral character increased. Increased
31P NMR shielding accompanied the chloro derivatives
2 and 5,
while increased π P−N back-bonding resulted in the least shielded
members 4, 6, and 7 containing the
less
electronegative nitrogen atom. These changes in 31P
chemical shift correlate with the extent of octahedral
character
where the more shielded phosphorus atom has the greater octahedral
character. The analysis allows a lower limit in
the phosphorus atom electrophilicity to be established that will allow
hexacoordination in this series of bicyclic
tetraoxyphosphoranes provided by a variation in ligand
properties.