Keywords: Ylides / Ylide ligands / Phosphorus / Rhodium / Electrostatic interactions 1,2-or 1,3-Phenylene-diphosphonium bis-ylides have been prepared and their stabilities compared by analysis of the effects of the substitution pattern of the phenylene bridge and the steric hindrance of the P-alkyl substituents in the diphosphonium precursors RPh 2 P + (C 6 H 4 ) + PPh 2 RЈ (R,RЈ = Me, Et). In the o-phenylene series, the vicinity of the phosphorus centers allows the distal P + /Ccharge separation of the mono-ylide intermediate to be canceled by the formation of a cyclic ylidophosphorane. The ring strain in the latter was released through phenylene-P(σ 5 ) bond cleavage to afford relaxed diphosphonium bis-ylides, which were isolated as [a] 4058 Scheme 3. Preparation of the acyclic diphosphoniums 10 and 11 from o-dppb via the mono-ethyl phosphonium 9. .org phonium ylides. In contrast, in the m-phenylene series, in which the two phosphonium centers are in remote positions, the bis-ylide could be fully characterized. By reaction with a cationic rhodium(I) precursor, the latter bis-ylide was shown to act as a strongly donating carbon ligand, generalizing recent observations in the ortho series. [6] The role of steric and electrostatic interactions in the control of structural and reactivity features of acyclic proximal diphosphoniums has been highlighted herein.
Experimental SectionGeneral: Diethyl ether, toluene, and thf were dried and distilled from sodium/benzophenone, pentane, dichloromethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane (tce), and acetonitrile over P 2 O 5 . All other reagents were used as commercially available. All reactions were carried out under argon using Schlenk and vacuum-line techniques. 1 H, 13 C, and 31 P NMR spectra were recorded with Bruker DPX 300 and Avance 500 spectrometers. Chemical shifts (δ) are given in ppm with positive values to high frequency measured relative to tetramethylsilane for 1 H and 13 C NMR, and to H 3 PO 4 for 31 P NMR. Coupling constants (J) are given in Hz. 103 Rh chemical shifts are given to high frequency from δ( 103 Rh) = 3.16 MHz.Phosphonium 9: Ethyl trifluoromethanesulfonate (574 μL, 4.48 mmol) was added to a solution of 1 (2.0 g, 4.48 mmol) in tce (12.0 mL) and the solution was then stirred for 12 h at 110°C. After evaporation of the solvent, the solid residue was washed with Et 2 O (30.0 mL), affording 9 as a white powder (2.41 g, 86 %); m.p. 68-69°C. 1 H NMR (CD 3 CN, 25°C): δ = 7.85-7.50 (m, 14 H, H ar ), 7.42-7.22 (m, 6 H, H ar ), 6.99-6.90 (pseudo-t, J HH = J HP+ = 6.9 Hz, 4 H, H ar ), 3.57 (dq, J HH = 7.5, J HP+ = 12.9 Hz, 2 H, CH 2 ), 1.37 (dt, J HH = 7.5, J HP+ = 20.4 Hz, 3 H, CH 3 ) ppm. 13 C NMR (CD 3 CN, 25°C): δ = 142.8 (dd, J CP+ = 14.9, J CP = 14.9 Hz, C), 139.2 (d, J CP+ = 11.3 Hz, CH ar ), 136.5 (pseudo-t, J CP+ = J CP = 11.8 Hz, C), 135.1 (d, J CP+ = 2.8 Hz, CH ar ), 134.5 (d, J CP+ = 2.9 Hz, CH ar ), 133.3 (dd, J CP+ = 9.6, J CP = 1.9 Hz, CH ar ), 133.0 (d, J CP = 19.1 Hz, CH ar ), 131.6 (d, J CP = 9.9 Hz, CH ar ), 131.3 (d, J CP+ = 12.4 Hz, CH ar ), 13...