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Reactions of Imidazolio-Phosphides with Organotin Chlorides: Surprisingly Diverse

Reactions of primary imidazolio-phosphides (“imidazolylidene-phosphinidenes”) with R2SnCl2 yield as main products spectroscopically detectable Lewis pairs which undergo base-induced dehydrochlorination in the presence of excess dichlorostannane to afford zwitterionic chloride adducts of distannylated imidazolio-phosphines. In contrast, reactions with R3SnCl proceed under dismutation to furnish mixtures containing imidazolium salts and stannylated (oligo)phosphines P(SnR3)3 and P7(SnR3)3, respectively. DFT studies were used to rationalize the divergent behavior based on the presumption that the reactions proceed under thermodynamic control and the products observed represent the most stable species under the specific reaction conditions. Computational simulation of selected reaction steps provides a model mechanism for Lewis-acid promoted creation of PP-bonds, which is a prerequisite for oligophosphine formation. The computational studies further highlight parallels between reactions of imidazolio-phosphides with Lewis and Br?nsted acids, and allow also to extrapolate the behavior of the P-nucleophiles towards other electrophiles than organotin chlorides.

Photocatalytic Arylation of P4 and PH3: Reaction Development Through Mechanistic Insight

Detailed 31P{1H} NMR spectroscopic investigations provide deeper insight into the complex, multi-step mechanisms involved in the recently reported photocatalytic arylation of white phosphorus (P4). Specifically, these studies have identified a number of previously unrecognized side products, which arise from an unexpected non-innocent behavior of the commonly employed terminal reductant Et3N. The different rate of formation of these products explains discrepancies in the performance of the two most effective catalysts, [Ir(dtbbpy)(ppy)2][PF6] (dtbbpy=4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine) and 3DPAFIPN. Inspired by the observation of PH3 as a minor intermediate, we have developed the first catalytic procedure for the arylation of this key industrial compound. Similar to P4 arylation, this method affords valuable triarylphosphines or tetraarylphosphonium salts depending on the steric profile of the aryl substituents.

Versatile Visible-Light-Driven Synthesis of Asymmetrical Phosphines and Phosphonium Salts

Asymmetrically substituted tertiary phosphines and quaternary phosphonium salts are used extensively in applications throughout industry and academia. Despite their significance, classical methods to synthesize such compounds often demand either harsh reaction conditions, prefunctionalization of starting materials, highly sensitive organometallic reagents, or expensive transition-metal catalysts. Mild, practical methods thus remain elusive, despite being of great current interest. Herein, we describe a visible-light-driven method to form these products from secondary and primary phosphines. Using an inexpensive organic photocatalyst and blue-light irradiation, arylphosphines can be both alkylated and arylated using commercially available organohalides. In addition, the same organocatalyst can be used to transform white phosphorus (P4) directly into symmetrical aryl phosphines and phosphonium salts in a single reaction step, which has previously only been possible using precious metal catalysis.

The stannylphosphide anion reagent sodium bis(triphenylstannyl) phosphide: Synthesis, structural characterization, and reactions with indium, tin, and gold electrophiles

Treatment of P4with in situ generated [Na][SnPh3] leads to the formation of the sodium monophosphide [Na][P(SnPh3) 2] and the Zintl salt [Na]3[P7]. The former was isolated in 46% yield as the crystalline salt [Na(benzo-15-crown-5)] [P(SnPh3)2] and used to prepare the homoleptic phosphine P(SnPh3)3, isolated in 67% yield, as well as the indium derivative (XL)2InP(SnPh3)2 (XL = S(CH 2)2NMe2), isolated in 84% yield, and the gold complex (Ph3P)AuP(SnPh3)2. The compounds [Na(benzo-15-crown-5)][P(SnPh3)2], P(SnPh 3)3, (XL)2InP(SnPh3)2, and (Ph3P)AuP(SnPh3)2 were characterized using multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The bonding in (Ph 3P)AuP(SnPh3)2 was dissected using natural bond orbital (NBO) methods, in response to the observation from the X-ray crystal structure that the dative P:→Au bond is slightly shorter than the shared electron-pair P-Au bond. The bonding in (XL)2InP(SnPh 3)2 was also interrogated using 31P and 13C solid-state NMR and computational methods. Co-product [Na] 3[P7] was isolated in 57% yield as the stannyl heptaphosphide P7(SnPh3)3, following salt metathesis with ClSnPh3. Additionally, we report that treatment of P4 with sodium naphthalenide in dimethoxyethane at 22 °C is a convenient and selective method for the independent synthesis of Zintl ion [Na]3[P7]. The latter was isolated as the silylated heptaphosphide P7(SiMe3)3, in 67% yield, or as the stannyl heptaphosphide P7(SnPh3)3 in 65% yield by salt metathesis with ClSiMe3 or ClSnPh3, respectively.

Radical synthesis of trialkyl, triaryl, trisilyl and tristannyl phosphines from P4

A reaction scheme has been devised according to 3 RX + 3 Ti(iii) + 0.25 P4 → PR3 + 3 XTi(iv), wherein RX = PhBr, CyBr, Me3SiI or Ph3SnCl, with contrasting results in the case of more hindered RX. The scheme accomplishes the direct radical functionalization of white phosphorus without the intermediacy of PCl3.