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Synthesis of 1,2-Diphospholides Using a Main Group superbase
Dixon, Lily S. H.,Hanf, Schirin,Waters, Jessica E.,Bond, Andrew D.,Wright, Dominic S.
, p. 4465 - 4472 (2018)
The synthesis of a range of 1,2-diphospholides can be achieved by a one-pot procedure involving the reactions of aromatic primary phosphines bearing ortho-CH2 substituents with the superbase mixture of nBuLi/Sb(NMe2)3 in the presence of the Lewis base donor TMEDA (Me2NCH2CH2NMe2). The synthesis of the parent benzo-1,2-diphospholide and the substituted derivatives 4-methoxybenzo-1,2-diphospholide, 9-methylbenzo-1,2-diphospholide, and naphtho-1,2-diphospholide are reported from readily prepared primary phosphines. Bulk synthesis of the potassium salt of the previously reported 4,6-dimethylbenzo-1,2-diphospholide anion using this route provides a convenient starting material for reactivity studies.
