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. 2019 Oct 23;141(42):16971-16982.
doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b09330. Epub 2019 Oct 8.

Phosphaaluminirenes: Synthons for Main Group Heterocycles

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Phosphaaluminirenes: Synthons for Main Group Heterocycles

Liu Leo Liu et al. J Am Chem Soc. .

Abstract

The phosphaaluminirenes HC[(CMe)(NDipp)]2Al[C(R)═P] (Dipp = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3, R = tBu or adamantyl) 2 and 3, featuring an unsaturated three-membered AlCP ring, have been synthesized as crystalline solids via a [1 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of the aluminum(I) complex HC[(CMe)(NDipp)]2Al (1) with phosphaalkynes. Computational investigations infer three-centered 2π-electron aromaticity of the AlCP rings. Compound 3 is readily protonated by tBuOH to induce a ring-opening σ-bond metathesis, giving an alumina-substituted P-hydrogeno phosphaalkene 4. Remarkably, the high strain of the AlCP ring of 3 allows for facile ring enlargement in reactions with CyNC, bis(diisopropylamino) cyclopropenylidene (BAC), elemental Se, Ph2CO, PhCH═CHCOPh, and PhCN at room temperature. These furnish a series of unprecedented main group heterocycles 5-10 with the C═P unsaturated bonds remaining intact. The mechanisms are considered in light of thorough density functional theory (DFT) calculations.

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