Abstract
The present study shows new aspects of the synthesis of polyhalogenoarylphosphanes. The sterically hindered anions Ph(R)P-Y− (1a–c, Y = O, lone pair; R = Ph, But) have been used to show the complexity of the reaction between phosphorus nucleophiles and hexahalogenobenzenes or 9-bromofluorene (E3). The Ph(But)P-O− (1a) anion reacts with hexachlorobenzene (E1), hexafluorobenzene (E2), or E3 to give Ph(R)P(O)X (4a–c, X = F, Cl, Br) with the release of the corresponding carbanion as a nucleofuge, followed by side reactions. In contrast, the lithium phosphides Ph(R)PLi (1b,c) react with hexahalogenobenzenes to give the corresponding diphosphanes 5a,b as the main product and traces of P-arylated products, i.e., Ph(R)P-C6X5 (10a,b, X = Cl, F). Unexpectedly, Ph(But)PLi (1b) reacts with an excess of 9-bromofluorene to give only halogenophosphane Ph(But)P-X.
This article is dedicated to Dr. Andrey Protchenko.