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synthetic access. We report herein a convenient one-pot three-
component method using a Kabachnik–Fields reaction for
the synthesis of 2-[anilino(diphenylphosphoryl)methyl]phenol,
(I), using diphenylphosphine oxide, salicylaldehyde and aniline
as starting materials (see Scheme). The notable advantages of
this methodology are operational simplicity, mild reaction
conditions, higher yields, a reasonable reaction time and ease
of isolation of the pure products. In order to confirm further
the stereochemistry and structure–activity relationship of
ꢀ-aminophosphine oxides with potential practical applica-
tions, we established the crystal structure of (I).
ISSN 0108-2701
2-[Anilino(diphenylphosphoryl)-
methyl]phenol from a three-
component Kabachnik–Fields
reaction
Ming-Shu Wu,a* Qing-Qin Feng,b Gao-Nan Lia and
De-Hui Wana
aCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou
571158, People’s Republic of China, and bCollege of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, Anyang Normal University, Anyang, Henan 455000, People’s Republic
of China
Received 3 July 2013
Accepted 7 August 2013
The title compound, C25H22NO2P, was synthesized in high
yield by a three-component Kabachnik–Fields reaction of
diphenylphosphine oxide, salicylaldehyde and aniline in dry
toluene at room temperature. It precipitates as racemic
crystals, in which strong hydrogen bonds between the hydroxy
group and the P O group of a neighbouring molecule form
one-dimensional heterochiral chains along the crystallo-
2. Experimental
2.1. Synthesis and crystallization
A solution of diphenylphosphine oxide (1.01 g, 5 mmol,
1 equivalent) in dry toluene (10 ml) was added to a dry 50 ml
flask (equipped with a CaCl2 tube) containing a solution of
aniline (1.8 ml, 20 mmol, 4 equivalents) and salicylaldehyde
(0.61 g, 5 mmol, 1 equivalent) in dry toluene (20 ml). After
stirring for 4 h at room temperature, the reaction was
complete; the precipitate was filtered off, washed with cold
toluene (10 ml) and then dried under vacuum to afford the
pure title product, (I) (yield 1.8 g, 90%), as a colourless solid.
Single crystals of (I) suitable for X-ray diffraction were
obtained by recrystallization from diethyl ether. Spectroscopic
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graphic a axis, with an Oꢀ ꢀ ꢀO separation of 2.568 (2) A. The
pseudo-tetrahedral environment of the P atom is distorted,
with O—P—C bond angles significantly larger than the C—
P—C angles.
Keywords: crystal structure; Kabachnik–Fields reaction;
heterochiral chains.
1. Introduction
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analysis: H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K): ꢁ 9.82 (s, 1H,
Chiral phosphorus-containing compounds such as ꢀ-amino-
phosphonic acids and their derivatives have attracted
considerable attention due to their promising biological
properties (Romanenko & Kukhar, 2006; Haynes et al., 1989,
1991; Shi et al., 2000; Kafarski & Lejczak, 2001). They have
found application as antibacterials (Pratt, 1989), antiviral
agents (Huang & Chen, 2000) and enzyme inhibitors (Smith et
al., 1989; Kafarski & Lejczak, 1991). The absolute configura-
tion of phosphonyl compounds strongly influences their
biological properties (Patel et al., 1995). Various methods for
the synthesis of ꢀ-aminophosphonic acids and ꢀ-amino-
phosphonates have therefore been reported (Moore et al.,
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OH), 7.81–6.62 (m, 19H, Ar-H), 5.46 (d, JP—H = 8.5 Hz, 1H,
C—H), 3.73 (br s, 1H, NH); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3,
298 K): ꢁ 155.9, 145.8, 132.7, 129.3, 129.7, 129.2, 128.8, 128.6,
128.4, 128.3, 122.4, 120.4, 119.2, 114.4, 56.9 (d, JP—C
1
=
39.9 Hz); 31P NMR (162 MHz, CDCl3, 298 K): ꢁ 38.4; IR (KBr,
ꢂ, cmꢁ1): 3430 (NH), 3228 (OH), 3303 (NH), 3138, 3062, 2969,
2916, 2884, 2827, 1591, 1553, 1485, 1438, 1171 (P O), 1122,
1096 (P—O), 1070, 1037, 855, 743, 726, 693, 561, 542, 525, 439.
Analysis found for C25H22NO2P: C 75.19, H 5.43, N 3.55%;
calculated: C 75.18, H 5.55, N 3.51%.
2.2. Refinement
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2002; Demmer et al., 2011; Balint et al., 2013; Wu et al., 2013).
However, other ꢀ-amino phosphorus derivatives, such as
ꢀ-aminophosphine oxides, have received much less attention
for their biological properties due to the lack of direct
Crystal data, data collection and structure refinement
details are summarized in Table 1. H atoms bound to C or N
atoms were positioned geometrically and refined using a
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doi:10.1107/S0108270113022087
Acta Cryst. (2013). C69, 1070–1072