Palladium-Catalyzed C−P Coupling Reactions between Vinyl Triflates and Phosphine−Boranes: Efficient Access to Vinylphosphine−Boranes

Palladium(ii) complexes of 2,2′-tellurobis(N,N-diphenyl acetamide): efficient catalysts for Suzuki–Miyaura coupling at room temperature under air

Three complexes, [Pd(L2)2Br2](C1), [(L2)PdCl(μ-Cl)2PdCl(L2)](C2), and [Pd(L2)PPh3Cl2](C3), where L2 = 2,2′-tellurobis(N,N-diphenylacetamide), catalyze Suzuki–Miyaura coupling (loading: 0.001 mol % of Pd) of eleven ArX at room temperature under air.

The bis(Biphenyl)phosphorus Fragment in Trivalent and Tetravalent P-Environments

Diaryl substituted phosphorus (III) compounds are commonly used motifs in synthesis. Although the basic synthetic routes to these molecules starting from PCl3 are well reported, sterically hindered aryl substituents can be difficult to introduce, especially if the P atom is in ortho position to another group. This work explores the chemistry of the bis(biphenyl)phosphorus(III) fragment. As third substituents, H, M, Cl, NR2, two group 14 element substituents and also Li were introduced in high-yielding processes offering a wide chemical variety of the bis(biphenyl) phosphine motif. In addition, also a tetravalent phosphine borane adduct was isolated. All structures were thoroughly investigated by heteronuclear NMR spectroscopic analysis. Furthermore, the reaction conditions are discussed in connection with the structures and four crystal structures of the aminophosphine, phosphine, phosphine borane and phosphide are provided. The latter crystallized as a dimer with a unique planar P2Li2 ring, which is stabilized by the non-covalent C⋯Li interaction arising from the biphenyl motif and represents a rare example of a donor-free planar P2Li2 ring.

Copper-Catalyzed Enaminone C(sp2)-N Bond Phosphonation for Stereoselective Synthesis of Alkenylphosphonates

A direct enaminone C-N bond coupling functionalization that generates a new C-P bond using dialkyl phosphonate for the efficient and stereoselective synthesis of (E)-alkenylphosphonates is reported. The reactions toward target products proceed well with a broad scope, disclosing a valuable new synthetic application of enaminones by the interesting C(sp²)-N bond elaboration.

Palladium-Catalyzed C-P(III) Bond Formation by Coupling ArBr/ArOTf with Acylphosphines

Palladium-catalyzed C-P bond formation reaction of ArBr/ArOTf using acylphosphines as differential phosphination reagents is reported. The acylphosphines show practicable reactivity with ArBr and ArOTf as the phosphination reagents, though they are inert to the air and moisture. The reaction affords trivalent phosphines directly in good yields with a broad substrate scope and functional group tolerance. This reaction discloses the acylphosphines' capability as new phosphorus sources for the direct synthesis of trivalent phosphines.

Construction of Benzo-1,2,3-thiazaphosphole Heterocycles by Annulations of ortho-Phosphinoarenesulfonyl Fluorides with Trimethylsilyl Azide

Annulations of ortho-phosphinoarenesulfonyl fluorides with trimethylsilyl azide were developed to access an unprecedented benzo-1,2,3-thiazaphosphole heterocycle. A corresponding reaction mechanism was proposed and further elucidated by experimental and computational studies. The reaction proceeds through a Staudinger-type iminophosphorane intermediate followed by intramolecular trapping with sulfonyl fluoride.

Asymmetric Electrophilic Reactions in Phosphorus Chemistry

This review is devoted to the theoretic and synthetic aspects of asymmetric electrophilic substitution reactions at the stereogenic phosphorus center. The stereochemistry and mechanisms of electrophilic reactions are discussed—the substitution, addition and addition-elimination of many important reactions. The reactions of bimolecular electrophilic substitution SE2(P) proceed stereospecifically with the retention of absolute configuration at the phosphorus center, in contrast to the reactions of bimolecular nucleophilic substitution SN2(P), proceeding with inversion of absolute configuration. This conclusion was made based on stereochemical analysis of a wide range of trivalent phosphorus reactions with typical electrophiles and investigation of examples of a sizeable number of diverse compounds. The combination of stereospecific electrophilic reactions and stereoselective nucleophilic reactions is useful and promising for the further development of organophosphorus chemistry. The study of phosphoryl group transfer reactions is important for biological and molecular chemistry, as well as in studying mechanisms of chemical processes involving organophosphorus compounds. New versions of asymmetric electrophilic reactions applicable for the synthesis of enantiopure P-chiral secondary and tertiary phosphines are discussed.

C–P bond construction catalyzed by NiII immobilized on aminated Fe3O4@TiO2 yolk–shell NPs functionalized by (3-glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane (Fe3O4@TiO2 YS-GLYMO-UNNiII) in green media

An efficient, versatile and novel method for the C–P cross-coupling reaction with a high yield of products using Fe₃O₄@TiO₂YS-GLYMO-UNNi^II as a magnetic nanostructured catalyst in the presence of WERSA was reported.

Recent progress in the synthesis of phosphorus-containing indole derivatives

Phosphorus-containing indole derivatives represent a special class of phosphorus-containing nitrogen heterocycles. This review summarizes the recent progress in the synthesis of such compounds, briefly discusses the reaction mechanisms and challenges, and outlines the synthetic opportunities still open.

Transition metal-free stereospecific access to (E)-(1-fluoro-2-arylvinyl)phosphine borane complexes

Synthesis of (E)-(1-fluoro-2-arylvinyl)phosphine boranes has been achieved under metal-free conditions.

Computational assessment of electron density in metallo-organic nickel pincer complexes for formation of PC bonds

Hydrophosphination is an atomically efficient method for introducing new carbon-phosphorous bonds in organic synthesis. New late-transition metal catalytic complexes are proposed to facilitate this process. These nickel-based complexes are analyzed using semiempirical (SE), Hartree-Fock (H-F), and density functional theory (DFT) models. H-F proves to be ineffective, while the SE approach has limited, qualitative use. DFT shows electron density at the metal center suitable for catalyzing bond formation in the proposed, reductive hydrophosphination mechanism. It also shows that the pincer complexes under investigation are relatively insensitive to solvent dielectric constant and to the chemical character of the monodentate ligand, both in terms of electron distribution and in terms of molecular orbital energies.

Preparation of phosphines through C-P bond formation

Phosphines are an important class of ligands in the field of metal-catalysis. This has spurred the development of new routes toward functionalized phosphines. Some of the most important C–P bond formation strategies were reviewed and organized according to the hybridization of carbon in the newly formed C–P bond.

Copper-catalyzed C-P bond construction via direct coupling of phenylboronic acids with H-phosphonate diesters

A mild and efficient method was developed for the copper-catalyzed additions of H-phosphonate diesters to boronic acids under the copper catalyst system Cu(2)O/1,10-phenanthroline. To the best of our knowledge this finding is the first example of a copper-catalyzed synthesis of aryl phosphonates from arylboronic acids and H-phosphonate dialkyl esters.