H-TETRAOXASPIROPHOSPHORANES AS POSSIBLE INTERMEDIATES IN THE PHOSPHONYLATION BY PHOSPHOROUS ACID/OXIRANES
摘要:
The detailed P-31-NMR study of the mechanism of the ribozymomimetic phosphorylation with phosphorous acid / oxirane revealed consecutive formation of beta -hydroxy H-phosphonate monoester, di-(beta -hydroxyalkyl) H-phosphonate, alkylene H-phosphonate, beta -hydroxy alkyl alkylene phosphite and the corresponding stereoelectronically stabilized penracoordinated H-tetraoxaspirophosphorane. The equilibrium between the triphosphite and the spirophosphorane shifts towards the beta -hydroxyalkyl alkylene phosphite at high temperatures. In the presence of alcohol and controlled amounts of water transesterification of the beta -hydroxyalkyl alkylene phosphite to the corresponding alkyl alkylene phosphite, and hydrolysis to beta -hydroxyalkyl alkyl H-phosphonate proceed at the elevated temperature. beta -Hydroxyalkyl alkyl H-phosphonates are model compounds of the phosphodiester bond and undergo hydrolysis with a diol leaving in the presence of one equivalent of water.