title: Reactivity of 1-hydro-5-carbaphosphatrane based on tautomerization between pentavalent phosphorane and trivalent cyclic phosphonite.
abstract: The reaction behavior of 1-hydro-5-carbaphosphatrane (1 a) was examined. Treatment of 1 a with oxidants such as 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA) and tBuOCl gave cyclic phosphonate 2 and 1-chloro-5-carbaphosphatrane (4), respectively, via cyclic phosphonite 3, a tautomer of 1 a. Compound 4 was readily hydrolyzed to afford 2. Compound 1 a was also sulfurized via 3 by elemental sulfur to afford cyclic thioxophosphonate 5, which was also obtained by reactions in the presence of bases. Treatment of 1 a with bases also proceeded through 3 to give an equilibrium mixture of the corresponding phenoxide anion 10 and the phosphoranide anion 9, which was quenched with MeI to afford a mixture of 11 and 1-methyl-5-carbaphosphatrane (1 b). Such reactivities are typical for neutral phosphoranes. Theoretical investigations of these reactivities were also performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagase