title: Phosphonyl, phosphonothioyl, phosphonodithioyl, and phosphonotrithioyl radicals: generation and study of their addition onto alkenes.
abstract: The treatment of benzyl dialkyl phosphites and dithiophosphites with benzeneselanyl chloride generates an Arbuzov-type transformation leading to the dialkyl selenophosphates 19a and 19b and to selenophosphorodithioates 21a and 21b. Interaction of these substrates with Lawesson's reagent yields the corresponding selenophosphorothioates 20a and 20b and the selenophosphorotrithioates 22a and 22b. When treated with a radical initiator in the presence of a hydrogen donor and an alkene, all eight phosphorus(V) precursors undergo homolytic cleavage of the P-Se bond to generate the phosphonyl, phosphonothioyl, phosphonodithioyl, or phosphonotrithioyl radicals. Most of these are shown to add onto electron-rich and electron-poor alkenes to deliver the expected adducts in fair to excellent yields. Cyclic precursor 19b displays peculiar behavior and, under the reaction conditions, produces only the corresponding cyclic phosphite. Application of this radical chain process is carried out on furanosyl 3-exo-methylene derivative 37 to diastereoselectively furnish five new 3-phosphonomethyl-, 3-phosphonothiomethyl-, and 3-phosphonodithiomethyl-3-deoxofuranoses 38a-c and 38f,g. The possibility of conducting tandem processes is also discussed through experiments involving (1R)-(+)-alpha-pinene (39) and diallylamine 41.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Fonctions Azotées et Oxygénées Complexes, UMR CNRS 6014, IRCOF-Université de Rouen, Rue Tesnières, F-76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France.
authors.forename: Chrystel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lopin
authors.forename: Géraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gouhier
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gautier
authors.forename: Serge R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Piettre
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D063086:Organothiophosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D005609:Free Radicals; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D063086:Organothiophosphates