ISSN 1070-4280, Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 1581–1582. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2010.
Original Russian Text © L.A. Al’metkina, I.S. Nizamov, A.V. Sofronov, D.A. Terenzhev, R.A. Cherkasov, 2010, published in Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii,
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(+)-Dimethyl Tartrate in the Synthesis of Optically Active
Bis-arylphosphonodithioic Acids
a
a–c
a
c
a
L. A. Al’metkina , I. S. Nizamov , A. V. Sofronov , D. A. Terenzhev , and R. A. Cherkasov
a
Kazan State University, ul. Kremlevskaya 18, Kazan, 420008 Tatarstan, Russia
e-mail: nizamov@iopc.knc.ru; Ilyas.Nizamov@ksu.ru
b
Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences,
ul. Arbuzova 8, Kazan, 420088 Tatarstan, Russia
c
Tatar State Humanitarian Pedagogical University, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Received October 19, 2009
DOI: 10.1134/S1070428010100258
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Among four-coordinate phosphorus thio acids,
(I). We have found that 2,4-diaryl-1,3,2λ ,4λ -dithiadi-
phosphetane 2,4-disulfides IIa and IIb react with diol
I to give optically active dimethyl 2,3-bis{[aryl(sulfa-
nyl)phosphorothioyl]oxy}butanedioates IIIa and IIIb;
promising thiophosphorylating agents are bis-dithio-
phosphonic acids having two terminal P(=S)SH frag-
ments. Bis-dithiophosphonic acids with methyl groups
on the phosphorus atoms were synthesized by reaction
of methyl analog of Lawesson’s reagent with glycols in
diethyl ether [1]. After several unsuccessful attempts to
synthesize stable bis-dithiophosphonic acids with aryl
groups on the phosphorus atoms in acetonitrile [2, 3],
we have developed a procedure for the preparation of
bis-arylphosphonodithioic acids via reaction of homo-
logs of Lawesson’s reagent with triethylene glycol in
benzene [4]. Despite the presence of different substit-
uents at the four-coordinate phosphorus atoms in bis-
dithiophosphonic acid molecules, the proposed proce-
dure did not ensure synthesis of optically active prod-
ucts owing to 1,3-prototropic migration in the S=P–SH
heteroatom triad where the sulfur atoms become equiv-
alent. Therefore, we presumed that optically active bis-
arylphosphonodithioic acids could be obtained using
chiral glycols. Among the latter, of particular interest
from the viewpoint of selective biological activity are
naturally occurring diols, e.g., (+)-dimethyl L-tartrate
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[α] = –13.6° and –20.3°, respectively (c = 1.0, C H ).
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Dimethyl 2,3-bis{[(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-
phenyl)(sulfanyl)phosphorothioyl]oxy}butanedioate
IIIa). Diol I, 2.1 g (11.8 mmol), was dissolved in
a mixture of 20 ml of anhydrous benzene and 20 ml of
chloroform, 7.0 g of compound IIa was added in small
portions under stirring at 20°C in a stream of dry
argon, and the mixture was heated for 1 h at 50°C and
kept for ~12 h at 20°C. The mixture was filtered, the
filtrate was evaporated at 40°C under reduced pressure
0.5 mm, 1 h), and the residue was evacuated for 1 h at
.02 mm. Yield 9.0 g (99%). IR spectrum, ν, cm :
446 (O–H), 2950, 2925, 2800 (C–Haliph), 2550 (S–H),
1742 (C=O), 1560, 1518 (C=C), 1430 (δ CH ), 1144
(O–C), 684 (P=S), 618 (P–S). H NMR spectrum, δ,
ppm (J, Hz): 1.47 s and 1.48 s (18H each, t-Bu), 3.68 s
(
(
0
3
–
1
as
3
1
and 3.71 s (3H each, CH O), 5.70 m (2H, SH), 5.84 d
3
3
3
and 5.85 d (1H each, CH, J = 12.0, J = 16.5),
HH
PH
3
3
7.90 d.d (2H, 2′-H, 6′-H, J = 1.8, J = 16.5).
HH
PH
SH
Ar
P
OMe
HO
O
Ar
O
O
S
S
MeO
O
S
+
P
P
S
S
OMe
S
Ar
P
O
O
OH
Ar
MeO
SH
I
IIa, IIb
IIIa, IIIb
2 6 2 6 4
Ar = 3,5-(t-Bu) -4-HOC H (a), 4-PhOC H (b).
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