TfOH-Catalyzed Phosphinylation of 2,3-Allenols into γ-Ketophosphine Oxides

J Org Chem. 2020 Jun 19;85(12):8185-8195. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00328. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

Abstract

The first facile and efficient acid-catalyzed direct coupling of a wide range of unprotected 2,3-allenols with arylphosphine oxides was developed, offering a general, one-step approach for the synthesis of structurally diverse γ-ketophosphine oxides accompanied by concurrent C-P/C═O bond formation with remarkable functional group tolerance and complete atom-economy under metal- and additive-free conditions. Mechanistic studies showed that this transformation involved a rearrangement and a phospha-Michael reaction.

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  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't