F. Palacios et al., REACTION OF N-VINYLIC PHOSPHAZENES WITH CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS - REACTIVITY OF THE VINYL SIDE-CHAIN VERSUS AZA-WITTIG REACTION, Tetrahedron, 52(13), 1996, pp. 4857-4866
N-Vinylic phosphazenes 2 are obtained by Staudinger reaction of conjug
ated azides 1 and phosphines. Reactions of phosphazenes 2a,b derived f
rom triphenylphosphine with carbonyl compounds 3 involve the gamma-car
bon atom of the vinyl side chain as nucleophilic center to give monoad
ducts 4, while phosphazene derived from diphenylmethylphosphine 2c und
ergoes Aza-Wittig reaction with ethyl glyoxalate and leads to the form
ation of substituted 2-azadiene 10.