SYNTHESIS OF 1,4-DIOXA-2-LAMBDA(5)-PHOSPHORINANES BY INSERTION OF TRIPHENYLALKYLIDENEPHOSPHORANES INTO THE PEROXIDE BOND OF 1,2-DIOXETANES - THERMOLYSIS, HYDROLYSIS, AND WITTIG OLEFINATION
W. Adam et al., SYNTHESIS OF 1,4-DIOXA-2-LAMBDA(5)-PHOSPHORINANES BY INSERTION OF TRIPHENYLALKYLIDENEPHOSPHORANES INTO THE PEROXIDE BOND OF 1,2-DIOXETANES - THERMOLYSIS, HYDROLYSIS, AND WITTIG OLEFINATION, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 116(17), 1994, pp. 7581-7587
The reaction of the methyl-substituted 1,2-dioxetanes 1-3 with triphen
ylalkylidenephosphoranes 4-7 was investigated. By nucleophilic attack
of the negatively charged phosphorane carbon atom at the peroxide bond
of the 1,2-dioxetanes, the dipolar phosphonium alkoxides 8-13 were fo
rmed, which were in equilibrium with the ring-closed 2,2,2-triphenyl-1
,4-dioxa-2 lambda(5)-phosphorinanes 14-19. Hydrolysis of the phosphoni
um alkoxides 8-12 afforded the phosphine oxides 21-25 by benzene elimi
nation. For the phenyl-substituted phosphonium alkoxide 13, hydrolysis
led to the benzyl ether 26, while deprotonation at the cu carbon atom
resulted in the corresponding ylide, which on air oxidation led to be
nzoate 27 and triphenylphosphine oxide. In the presence of benzaldehyd
e, the ylide derived from phosphonium alkoxide 8 was trapped in the fo
rm of the novel 3-hydroxy enol ether 28 through stereoselective Wittig
olefination, which establishes the phosphonium alkoxides 8-13 as pote
ntially useful in situ building blocks.