Phosphorus compounds. Part 68. Tetraphosphacubane chemistry: probing phosphorus reactivity by protonation, alkylation, and alkynylation. Formation of novel phosphonium di- and monocations in superacid media and monocations with super electrophiles
摘要:
Tetra-tert-butyltetraphosphacubane (1) is diprotonated with FSO3H.SbF5 (1: 1) (Magic acid)/SO2 at two of the four equivalent phosphorus atoms to give a persistent diphosphonium cation 2. In FSO3H/SO2 or CF3SO3H (TfOH)/SO2 Only the monoprotonated phosphonium ion 4 was observed. Upon exothermic quenching of the Magic acid solutions of 2 apart from intact 1, oxotetraphosphacubane 3 was formed. Quenching of the FSO3H or TfOH solutions of 4 (no SbF5) gave intact 1 together with traces of 3. Ambient reactions of 1 with methyl triflate, trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate and with (trimethylsilyl)methyl triflate led to monoalkylation at phosphorus (steps 4-6, Scheme 1). Reaction of 1 with propene/TfOH as an iPr+ source gave the monocation 8 (P-31 NMR) in competition with extensive olefin oligomerization. Crowded triisopropylsilyl triflate did not react with 1 even under forcing conditions. Similar reactions of 1 with alkynyl(phenyl)iodonium triflates led to monoalkynylation at phosphorus (step 8, Scheme I).