It was for the first time shown that 2,2,2-tribromo-and 2,2-dibromo-2-fluoro-5-halobenzo[d]- [1,3,2l 5 ]dioxaphospholes react with arylacetylenes with preferential formation of heterocycles monohalogenated in the benzo fragment, viz. 4-aryl-2-bromo(fluoro)-7-halobenzo[e][1,2]oxaphosphinines. Their structure was established by NMR spectroscopy. By varying in such a way the nature of the halogen at the phosphorus atom one can obtain 6-or 7-halo-substituted regioisomers of benzo[e][1,2]oxaphosphinines.We recently showed that the reactions of a readily available P(V) halide, 2,2,2-trichlorobenzo[d][1,3,2l 5 ]-dioxaphosphole (I), with arylacetylenes or propargyl chloride give benzo[e][1,2]oxaphosphinines II and III. The reactions occur in mild conditions and involve formation of a phosphorus3carbon bond and phosphoryl group, as well as ipso-substitution of oxygen by carbon in the benzene ring. Depending on the nature of the alkyne, chlorine is regioselectively introduced para (with phenylacetylene) or ortho (with propargyl chloride) to the oxygen atom of the phosphinine ring [2, 3].
G g jCl 6 Ph O P d r O Cl 58 G g CH 2 Cl O P d r O Cl g Cl 8 II III Unlike compound I, 2,2,2-tribromobenzo[d]-[1,3,2l 5 ]dioxaphosphole (IV) reacts with arylacetylenes to form benzophosphinines V and VI, the latter having no bromine in the benzene ring [1]. 58 G g j Br 6 Ar O P d r O Br 58 G g Ar O P d r O Br V V I ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1 For communication VI, see [1]. If starting trichlorobenzophosphole VII contains a 5-Br substituent, chlorine is introduced in the preferentially formed benzophosphinine occurs so that both halogens are ortho to each other and para to the fused phosphinine ring [4]. 5 j Br 5 K O O PCl 3 7776 PhC=CH [3HCl] 58 G g O P d r O Cl d j Br Cl 7 6 Ph VII VIIIIn the present work we for the first time studied reactions of P,P,P-tribromobenzophospholes halosubstituted in the phenylene fragment (compounds Xa and Xb) with arylacetylenes. Unlike what is observed with their chlorine analogs, the bromine atom in such tribromophosphoranes is not so favorably disposed toward migration into the phenylene fragment of the benzophosphinine formed, which might allow preparation of regioisomers (with respect to the position of the halogen atom) of compounds II and V.Phosphorane Xa (d P 3188.5 ppm, CH 2 Cl 2 ) containing chlorine in the benzene ring and obtained from derivative IXa reacts with phenylacetylene to form preferentially (more than 65%) a single benzophosphinine. In the 31 P NMR spectrum, the product gives a signal at d P 5.8 ppm ( 2 J PCH 27.0 Hz) and in the 1 H NMR spectrum (250 MHz, CDCl 3 ), a downfield doublet (d 6.20 ppm) with the same 2 J PCH constant. The 13 C NMR spectrum of the reaction mixture freed of volatile products in a vacuum, like the spectrum of