One-Pot, Three-Component Synthesis of α-Amino Phosphonates Using NaHSO4-SiO2 as an Efficient and Reusable Catalyst

Full kinetics investigation of the formation reaction of phosphonate esters in the gas-phase: a theoretical study

In the present work, the proposed multiple-mechanisms have been investigated theoretically for the reaction between triphenyl phosphite and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in the presence of N-H acid such as aniline for generation of phosphonate esters using ab initio molecular orbital theory in gas phase. The profile of the potential energy surface was constructed at the HF/6-311G(d,p) level of theory. The kinetics of the gas phase reaction was studied by evaluating the reaction path of various mechanisms. Between 12 speculative proposed mechanisms {step₁, step₂ (with four possibilities), step₃ (with three possibilities), and step₄} only the third speculative mechanism was recognized as a desirable mechanism. Theoretical kinetics data involving k and E(a), activation (ΔG(‡), ΔS(‡) and ΔH(‡)), and thermodynamic parameters (ΔG°, ΔS° and ΔH°) were calculated for each step of the various mechanisms. Step₁ of the desirable mechanism was identified as the rate determining step. Comparison of the theoretical desirable mechanism with the rate law that has been previously obtained by UV spectrophotometry experiments indicated that the results are in good agreement.

Mechanistic Study of the Formation of a Phosphonate Ester Containing 2-Fluoroaniline: Theoretical Assignment of the Resulting Isomer

For the first time, theoretical calculations have been employed for assignment of the most stable isomers ([(2S*, 3S*) or (2R*, 3R*)] and [(2S*, 3R*) or (2R*, 3S*)] of a phosphonate ester containing 2-fluoroaniline at HF/6-31G(d,p) and B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) levels of theory. The results were showed that the compound with gauche arrangement and [(2S*, 3S*) or (2R*, 3R*)] configuration was more stable than the anti arrangement with [(2S*, 3R*) or (2R*, 3S*)] geometry. In addition, experimental 1H, 13C and 31P NMR data along with X-ray crystallographic data of the compound were consistent with the results obtained from theoretical calculations. Kinetic studies were performed on the reaction between triphenyl phosphite, dialkylacetylene dicarboxylates in the presence of an NH-acid, namely as 2-fluoroaniline (as a protic/nucleophilic reagent) for the generation of the compound with a gauche arrangement and [(2S*, 3S*) or (2R*, 3R*)] configuration. Kinetic data were obtained spectrophotometrically and a temperature study yielded activation parameters. A mechanistic scheme is proposed which fits all the kinetic data.