REACTION OF PENTAERYTHRITOL WITH DIETHYL PHOSPHOROCHLORIDATE PENTAERYTHRITOL BIS-, TRIS- AND TETRAKIS(DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATES)

Abstract

Reaction of pentaerythritol 1 with 1, 2 or 3 equivalents of diethyl phosphorochloridate 2 yielded pentaerythritol tris(diethyl phosphate) 5. Treatment of pentaerythritol with 4 or more equivalents of 2 gave pentaerythritol tetrakis(diethyl phosphate) 6. Transesterification of 5 and 6 with trimethylsilyl chloride and sodium iodide in acetonitrile followed by treatment with water gave pentaerythritol tris (dihydrogen phosphate) 7 and pentaerythritol tetrakis(dihydrogen phosphate) 8 respectively. Pentaerythritol bis(dihydrogen phosphate) 9 was prepared by the hydrolysis of 3,9-dichloro-2,4,8,10-tetraoxa-3,9-diphosphaspiro [5,5] undecane 3,9-dioxide 10. The compounds 7,8 and 9 were isolated as anilinium salts and characterized by 1H, 13C and 31P NMR spectra.