Facile one-pot synthesis of functionalized organophosphonate esters via ketone insertion into bulky arylphosphites

Abstract

The reaction of phosphorus trichloride with 2,6-diisopropyl phenol in the presence of LiCl under reflux conditions for 24 h produces a mixture of (ArO)PCl2 and (ArO)2PCl (Ar = 2,6-iPr2C 6H3). The hydrolysis of the aryloxy compounds in acetone/H2O results in the formation of two novel phosphonate ester derivatives [(ArO)P(O)(OH)(CMe2OH)] (1) and [(ArO) 2P(O)(CMe2OH)] (2), respectively in a moderate yield. The title compounds have presumably formed via acetone insertion to the P-H bonds of (ArO)P(O)(H)(OH) and (ArO)2P(O)(H), respectively, in the presence of HCl produced during the hydrolysis. Compounds 1 and 2 have been characterized by elemental analysis, and ESI-mass, Infrared and NMR spectroscopic techniques. Further, solid state structures of 1 and 2 have been established by single crystals X-ray diffraction studies. © Indian Academy of Sciences.