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TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
Volume 51, Issue 51, Pages 6690-6694Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.10.026
Keywords
Disubstituted ketenes; Ketoketenes; Ketoketene dimers; beta-Lactones; Diastereoselectivity; Ketenes; Phosphonium enolate; Enolates; Phosphines
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- National Science Foundation [CHE-0911483, CHE-0722547, CHE-0821487]
- Oakland University
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The mechanism of PBu(3)-catalyzed homodimerization of ketoketenes has been explored and compared with that of the previously reported trialkylphosphite-mediated reactions. NMR studies of the PBu(3)-catalyzed reaction implicated the involvement of tetravalent phosphonium intermediates. Phosphonium intermediates in the catalytic cycle were trapped through reaction with trimethylsilyl chloride and 4-chlorobenzaldehyde, and the resulting products were characterized. A method for the stoichiometric generation of phosphonium enolates was developed as a result of these studies. No evidence was obtained for the involvement of pentacovalent phosphorane intermediates in trialkylphosphine-catalyzed ketoketene homodimerization reactions, in contrast with the mechanism of the trialkylphosphite-mediated homodimerization of dimethylketene. An X-ray crystal structure analysis of methylphenylketene dimer showed that it possesses Z-geometry about the exocyclic olefin. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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