Synthesis of organo-phosphorus compounds and their application in organic synthesis and life sciences has been a topic of contemporary interest. Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction is the most extensively utilized method for their preparation, which works well only with aliphatic halides. Hence, relatively harsh reaction conditions using transition-metal-catalyzed P-arylation (Arbuzov/Hirao reaction) are used for the preparation of aryl-phosphorus compounds. Presented herein is a competent process for the synthesis of aryl-phosphonates, -phosphinates, and -phosphine oxides by making an efficient use of arynes for C-P bond construction.

We present the first examples of tethered silanoxyiodination reactions of allylic alcohols. The products are useful silanediol organoiodide synthons and are formed with high regioselectivity and diastereocontrol. The reaction is scalable greater than 10-fold without loss of yield or selectivity. Furthermore, the products are starting materials for further transformations, including de-iodination, C-N bond installation, epoxide synthesis, and de-silylation. DFT calculations provide a basis for understanding the exquisite 6-endo selectivity of this silanoxyiodination reaction and show that the observed products are both kinetically and thermodynamically preferred. 10 AgOTf (1) 1 THF -15 °C 70/0 11 AgBF4 (1) 1 DME -15 °C 75/0 12 AgOTf (1) 1 DME -15 °C 80/0We were pleased to see that the reaction scaled greater than ten-fold without loss of yield or selectivity (Scheme 4).Furthermore, the cyclic silanediol organoiodide products were amenable to a variety of further transformations, including, de-iodination, nucleophilic azide displacement, epoxide formation, and silicon removal (Scheme 5). ASSOCIATED CONTENT Supporting InformationDetailed experimental procedures, crystal structure data, NMR spectra and computational details The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website.

A facile, fluoride-induced transition-metal-free chemoselective α-arylation of β-dicarbonyl compounds (malonamide esters) at room temperature using aryne intermediates has been demonstrated. Selective mono- or diarylation and generation of a quaternary benzylic stereocenter have also been achieved. The methodology will be highly useful for the synthesis of a library of CNS depressant barbiturate drugs like Phenobarbital.

We present the first examples of rearrangement reactions of allylic silanol substrates into linear ketone and 5-membered cyclic silanediol organomercurial products. Both reactions are mediated by Hg(OTf)2 but differ in...

We show that 1M aqueous HCl/THF or NaBH4/DMF allows for demercurative ring-opening of cyclic organomercurial synthons into secondary silanol products bearing terminal alkenes. We had previously demonstrated that primary allylic silanols are readily transformed into cyclic organomercurials using Hg(OTf)2/NaHCO3 in THF. Overall, this amounts to a facile two-step protocol for the rearrangement of primary allylic silanol substrates. Computational investigations suggest that this rearrangement is under thermodynamic control and that the di-tert-butylsilanol protecting group is essential for product selectivity.