JILL SYMES and TOMA~Z A. MODRO. Can. J. Chem. 64, 1702(1986. Mixed anhydrides derived from carboxylic and amidophosphoric acids, (RO)(Rr2N)P(0)OC(O)R" (I), undergo unimolecular fragmentation yielding carboxyamides, R"C(0)NRf2, and metaphosphate esters, ROPO,. The mechanism of the amino group transfer was studied for substrate l a (1, R = R' = Me; R" = Ph); solvent as well as substituent effects indicate little (if any) charge development in the transition state. The effects of solvents and Lewis acids on the reaction rate and the activation parameters determined for l a can be explained best in terms of stabilizing interactions with either carboxyamide or metaphosphate being formed in the course of reaction. The transfer of a functional group from one acyl center to another was investigated for other anhydride systems and the relative contributions of the fragmentation vs. disproportionation of substrates are discussed.JILL SYMES et TOMASZ A. MODRO. Can. J. Chem. 64, 1702(1986. Les anhydrides mixtes, (RO)(R'2N)P(0)OC(O)R" (I), obtenus a partir d'acides carboxyliques et d'acides amidophosphoriques subissent des fragmentations unimolCculaires conduisant aux carboxyamides, R"C(0)NR'2, et aux esters mCtaphosphates, ROP02. On a CtudiC le mCcanisme de transfert du groupement aminC dans le substrat l a (1, R = R' = Me; R" = Ph); les effets de solvant ainsi que les effets de subatituant indiquent qu'il n'y a que peu (s'il en existe) de dkveloppement de charge dans 1'Ctat de transition. Dans le cas du compost5 l a , on a dCtenninC les effets des solvants et des acides de Lewis sur les vitesses de rkaction et sur les paramiitres d'activation; les meilleures explications pour ces rCsultats sont bastes sur les interactions stabilisantes qui se foment au cours de la rCaction soit avec le carboxyamide ou le mktaphosphate. On a CtudiC le transfert d'un groupement fonctionnel d'un centre acyle a un autre dans d'autres systkmes d'anhydrides et on discute des contributions relatives la fragmentation des substrats par rapport a leur disproportionation.[Traduit par la revue]The ability of a functional group, such as alkyl ester OR, to migrate from one phosphoryl centre to another in a phosphoric anhydride was noticed as early as 1914 (I), when the formation of trialkyl phosphates was found to occur on thermal decomposition of tetraalkyl pyrophosphates. Reorganisation between structural units in an anhydride system was confirmed in later studies (2) on the polyphosphate esters with insecticidal properties. In the case of mixed anhydrides of dialkylphosphoric and carboxylic acids the major reaction is the disproportionation to a pair of symmetrical anhydrides; the reaction has been used (3) as a synthetic route to tetraalkyl pyrophosphates. It was reported, however (3), that when the mixed anhydrides contained a dialkylamide group, a considerable quantity of N,N-dialkylcarboxyamide was also formed, e.g.:In consequence, acyl phosphates can undergo fragmentation . .according to two independent pathways; (i) the (necessarily) bimolecula...