title: Synthesis and Synthetic Application of Phosphonoketene Dithioacetals. New Synthesis of Dithioallenes and (alpha-Dithiocarboxyvinyl)phosphonates.
abstract: Phosphonoketene dithioacetals 3a-e were obtained in good yields by the reaction of ethyl phosphonoacetates 1a,b with 2-4 equiv of thiols 2a-c in the presence of an alkylaluminum dichloride or dialkylaluminum chlorides. Reaction of 2,2-dithio-1-phosphonovinyl anions with aldehydes afforded allylic alcohols 4-7, 11-18 in good to moderate yields. Treatment of the alcohols 4-6 with t-BuOK in THF led to symmetrical [2 + 2] cycloadducts 20-22 of 1,1-(ethylenedithio)allenes in moderate yields, while a similar reaction of the alcohols 11-13 produced a mixture of symmetrical and unsymmetrical [2 + 2] cycloadducts of 1,1-(trimethylenedithio)allenes,23a-25a and 23b-25b, in 55-94% yields. The alcohol 15 on a similar treatment gave 3-tert-butyl-1,1-bis(ethylthio)allene (26) in quantitative yield. The structures of 20 and 23b were determined by X-ray analysis. Treatment of the alcohols 15 and 18 with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid/n-Bu(4)NX (X = Br, I) or triphenylphosphine/CBr(4) in CH(2)Cl(2) afforded alpha-phosphonodithioacryclic acid esters 34 and 35 in 25-52% yields. The tandem Michael-Wittig reaction of 35 with sodium salt of 2-pyrrolecarbaldehyde in DMF gave ethyl 3-phenyl-3H-cyclopenta[a]pyrrole-2-dithiocarboxylate (36) in 25% yield.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Sensuicho, Tobata, Kitakyushu 804, Japan, and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Yanagido, Gifu 501-11, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okauchi
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
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authors.lastname: Matsuki
authors.forename: Mitsuharu
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authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Junji
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authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Masaru
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authors.lastname: Ishida