Ring Enlargement of N-Phosphanyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinazolines

J Org Chem. 2020 Nov 20;85(22):14467-14472. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00750. Epub 2020 Sep 4.

Abstract

We found that 1-phosphanyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinazolines undergo ring enlargement. Their treatment with trifluoroacetic or hydrochloric acid afforded diazaphosphepinium salts. Deprotonation of these salts gave the corresponding neutral diazaphosphepines. The reaction of 1-phosphanyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinazolines with diazomethane or phenylazide afforded triazaphosphocine derivatives via insertion of P-N moiety. At the same time, an analogous hexahydropyrimidine derivative reacted with phenylazide in a normal manner at the phosphorus atom to afford the P(V) derivative.