Checked by Scott E. Denmark and Justin I. Montgomery.
1. Procedure
2. Notes
1.
P,P-Diphenylphosphinic amide (1) was purchased from Alfa Aesar as diphenylphosphinamide (98+%).
2.
P,P-Diphenylphosphinic amide (
1) can be prepared by the following procedure (not attempted by the checkers): A
flame-dried 2-L, one-necked, round-bottomed flask, equipped with an
egg-shaped magnetic stirring bar, a rubber septum and an internal thermocouple probe is purged with
argon. The flask is then charged with
1 L of anhydrous dichloromethane under
argon. The septum is removed and
acetone oxime (16.56 g, 227 mmol) is added quickly in one portion and the flask is sealed and purged again with
argon. Freshly distilled
triethylamine (31.6 mL, 227 mmol) is added via a syringe and the resulting colorless solution is cooled to −78 °C (internal temperature) with an
acetone/dry ice bath (approximately 30 min are needed to reach this temperature). Freshly distilled, colorless
chlorodiphenylphosphine (42 mL, 227 mmol) is added dropwise (2 mL/min) via a syringe at such a rate that the internal temperature does not exceed −70 °C. After the addition is complete, the resulting milky solution is stirred 15 min at −78 °C under
argon. The cooling bath is removed, and the solution is allowed to warm to room temperature over a period of 1.5 h and stirred 1 h at that temperature. The milky solution becomes clear. The solvent is removed under reduced pressure and the resulting off-white to yellow solid is dried under vacuum for 12 h. The residue is dissolved in
acetone (200 mL) and dried under reduced pressure. This last step is repeated once again. (This step makes the removal of the solid from the flask easier. Furthermore, the solid can be ground to a finer powder, which facilitates the next step. This step can be avoided but problems may occur, such as the formation of a gummy yellow solid during the addition to the aqueous
ammonium hydroxide solution. This problem can be related to the presence of
dichloromethane in the solid. Heating the mixture with a heat gun to dissolve everything can solve this problem, but lower yields and side-products are obtained.) The solid is removed from the flask and ground to a powder using a mortar and pestle. The powder is added in one portion into an
Erlenmeyer flask containing a stirring solution (
magnetic stirring bar) of concentrated aqueous
ammonium hydroxide (660 mL) and distilled water (330 mL). The mixture is usually heterogeneous and the precipitate is a white solid. Sometimes the solid added dissolves rapidly to form a clear yellow solution and, after few seconds, a white solid starts to precipitate. The heterogeneous mixture is stirred for 45 min and
1 is obtained as a white solid by filtration through a sintered glass funnel. The aqueous filtrate is extracted with
dichloromethane (3 × 600 mL). The combined extracts are dried over
Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure. The white solid obtained is combined with the white precipitate obtained above after filtration. The combined solids are dissolved in
benzene (300 mL) and evaporated. This step is repeated three times to remove traces of water to afford
46.31–47.87 g (
94–97% yield) of
1. The purity can be increased by crystallization in
ethyl acetate.
3.
Dichloromethane (ACS grade) was purchased from Fisher Scientific and was used as received.
4.
Diethyl ether (ACS grade) was purchased from Fisher Scientific and was used as received.
5.
Benzaldehyde was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc. and was freshly distilled (70–72 °C, 20 mmHg) prior to use.
6.
p-Toluenesulfinic acid was prepared according to the procedure described in
Organic Syntheses, see ref
2.
7.
The physical properties are as follows: mp 153–155 °C (sealed tube); IR (neat) cm
−1: 725, 748, 756, 888, 1030, 1086, 1109, 1124, 1148, 1191, 1289, 1301, 1312, 1436, 1459, 1597, 2954, 3056, 3205;
31P NMR (202 MHz, DMSO) δ: 24.98. Due to the very low solubility of the compound in DMSO, clean NMR spectral data are difficult to obtain because minor impurities are much more soluble than the compound of interest.
8.
Granular
potassium carbonate was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc. and was ground to a powder using a mortar and pestle then dried under vacuum (100 °C, 1 mmHg).
9.
Anhydrous
acetonitrile was obtained by filtration through a drying column on a GlassContour system (Irvine, CA).
10.
The purity is greater than 97% according to the
31P and
1H NMR spectra and the only observed impurities are
benzaldehyde and
1. These impurities can be removed on a short pad of
silica gel (
EtOAc 100%). The physical properties of the purified material are as follows: mp 144–146 °C; R
f 0.47 (EtOAc); MS (ESI+)
m/z 307.1 (20%), 306.1 (M
++H, 100%), 233.1 (37%), 219.1 (22%), 201.2 (14%); Anal. calcd for C
19H
16NOP: C, 74.74; H, 5.28; N, 4.59. found: C, 74.45; H, 5.27; N, 4.71; IR (KBr) cm
−1: 704, 729, 752, 832, 848, 926, 998, 1074, 1110, 1127, 1199, 1311, 1368, 1443, 1577, 1597, 1626, 1663, 1698, 2881, 3024, 3056;
1H NMR
pdf (400 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 7.39–7.56 (m, 9 H), 7.90–8.02 (m, 6 H), 9.32 (d,
J = 32.2 Hz, 1 H);
13C NMR (100 MHz, CHCl
3) δ: 128.3 (d,
JC-P = 12.5 Hz), 128.8, 130.0, 131.4 (d,
JC-P = 9.2 Hz), 131.7 (d,
JC-P = 3.6 Hz), 132.8 (d,
JC-P = 127.5 Hz), 133.5, 135.6 (d,
JC-P = 24.2 Hz), 173.5 (dd,
JC-P = 7.7, 3.0 Hz);
31P NMR (162 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 24.78.
11.
Cu(OTf)2 was purchased from Strem Chemicals, Inc. It was stored under
argon atmosphere in a glove-box and was used without prior purification.
12.
(R,R)-BozPHOS was prepared according to the preceeding procedure and was stored under
argon in a glove box.
13.
Anhydrous
toluene was obtained by filtration through a drying column on a GlassContour system (Irvine, CA).
14.
Diethylzinc is a moisture sensitive and pyrophoric liquid and must be manipulated in an inert atmosphere. Neat
diethylzinc was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Co. Inc. and was used without prior purification.
15.
A
PFA coated thermocouple probe, Type K (Omega Engineering, Inc.) was inserted through the septum after the addition of
diethylzinc to monitor the internal temperature of the reaction solution.
16.
Approximately 35 min are needed to reach that temperature. A Neslab, model CC-65II, cryostat was used to maintain the reaction mixture at 0 °C.
17.
The mixture was dissolved in a minimum amount of
dichloromethane and then was charged onto a column (diameter = 2 cm, height = 15 cm) of
200 g of UltraPure silica gel (40–63 (m) purchased from Silicycle. The column was eluted with EtOAc and 8-mL fractions were collected. Fractions 15-33 were combined and concentrated by rotary evaporation (30 °C, 50 mmHg). The desired product can be visualized on TLC with a UV lamp or by spraying with a phosphomolybdic acid solution. The R
f value of the title compound in EtOAc is 0.37.
18.
The physical properties are as follows: mp 127–129 °C; MS (ESI+)
m/z: 337.2 (M
++H, 21%), 336.1 (M
+, 100%), 233.2 (17%), 219.2 (18%), 218.1 (28%), 201.2 (9%). Anal. calcd. for C
21H
22NOP: C, 75.21; H, 6.61; N, 4.18; found: C, 74.90; H, 6.55; N, 4.35; IR (KBr) cm
−1: 722, 752, 904, 933, 1057, 1090, 1109, 1122, 1182, 1198, 1438, 1460, 2873, 2926, 2963, 3055, 3135;
1H NMR
pdf (500 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 0.78 (t,
J = 7.5 Hz, 3H), 1.78–1.88 (m, 1 H), 1.96–2.06 (m, 1 H, exchanges with D
2O), 3.27 (br, 1 H), 4.09 (pent,
J = 8.4 Hz, 1 H), 7.14–7.16 (m, 2 H), 7.21–7.34 (m, 5 H), 7.39–7.50 (m, 4H), 7.75 (ddt,
J = 12.0, 6.9, 1.5 Hz, 2 H), 7.86 (ddt,
J = 12.0, 7.1, 1.3 Hz, 2 H);
13C NMR (126 MHz, CHCl
3) δ: 10.5, 32.5 (d,
JC-P = 3.9 Hz), 57.1, 126.5, 127.1, 128.3 (d,
JC-P = 12.9 Hz), 128.4, 128.4 (d,
JC-P = 12.9 Hz), 131.7 (d,
JC-P = 2.7 Hz), 131.8 (d,
JC-P = 9.2 Hz), 131.8 (d,
JC-P = 2.8 Hz), 131.9 (d,
JC-P = 131.0 Hz), 132.6 (d,
JC-P = 10.2 Hz), 133.2 (d,
JC-P = 128.0 Hz), 143.5 (d,
JC-P = 5.5 Hz);
31P NMR (202 MHz, CDCl
3) δ: 22.74;
[α]D20 −41.6 (c = 2.14, MeOH). The enantiomeric excess of the product is determined by HPLC analysis at 254 nm [Chiralpak, AD, 85:15 hexanes:
i-PrOH, 1 mL/min: (
R) t
r (minor) = 10.2 min, (
S) t
r (major) = 13.4 min)].
19.
Methanol (ACS grade) was purchased from Fisher Scientific and was used as received.
20.
The reaction was followed by
31P NMR spectroscopic analysis. The rate of disappearance of the signal at 23.2 ppm is proportional to the rate of formation of the desired product. The new signals at 34.3 ppm and at 36.6 ppm correspond, respectively, to
diphenylphosphinic acid and
methyl diphenylphosphinate.
21.
Aqueous concentrated HCl (ACS grade) was purchased from Fisher Scientific and was used as received.
22.
The precipitate is
diphenylphosphinic acid.
23.
This step is used to extract the
methyl diphenylphosphinate.
24.
An ColorpHast indicator strip purchased from EM Science, Inc. was used to measure the pH.
25.
1 M Hydrogen chloride solution in
diethyl ether was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc. and was used as received.
26.
The physical properties are as follows: mp 231–234 °C; MS (EI)
m/z: 135.1, (4%), 106.1 (100%), 79.1 (18%), 74.1 (75%), 59.0, (100%). Anal. calcd. for C
9H
14ClN: C, 62.97; H, 8.22; N, 8.16; found: C, 62.71; H, 8.33; N, 8.18; IR (KBr) cm
−1: 754, 764, 1386, 1394, 1458, 1509, 1600, 2536, 2618, 2685, 2914, 2963, 3035;
1H NMR
pdf (400 MHz, MeOD) δ: 0.88 (t,
J = 7.3 Hz, 3H), 1.90–2.10 (m, 2 H), 4.15 (dd,
J = 9.5, 5.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.39–7.49 (m, 5 H);
13C NMR (100 MHz, MeOD) δ: 10.5, 28.7, 58.3, 128.4, 130.3, 130.3, 138.1;
[α]D20+16.2 (c = 1.03, MeOH).
27.
The enantiomeric excess of the product was determined on the trifluoroacetyl derivative of the amine by GC analysis with an FID detector (Astec Chiraldex GT-A (30 m × 0.32 mm) 10 psi, 90 °C isothermal): (
R) t
r(minor) = 19.59 min, (
S) t
r(major) = 20.53 min). To prepare the trifluoroacetamide derivative,
1 mL of 2 M aqueous NaOH solution was added to
10 mg of the amine hydrochloride salt in a
5 mL conical vial. The aqueous layer was extracted with
1 mL of dichloromethane. The organic layer was dried over
Na2SO4 (0.5 g), and was decanted into a
5-mL round-bottomed flask. An
egg-shaped magnetic stir bar and
250 µL of trifluoroacetic anhydride were added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature under
argon for 5 min. The solvent and excess reagents were removed by rotary evaporation (80 mmHg, 25 °C, 5 min; then 5 mmHg, 25 °C, 10 min). The solid residue was dissolved in
1 mL of dichloromethane and the liquid was filtered through a syringe filter for GC analysis. For the enantioenriched compounds, the sample was concentrated to ca. 0.1 mL to observe the minor isomer.
28.
The submitters were able to determine the enantiomeric excess of the free amine directly by GC analysis with an FID detector [Beta Dex
TM 120; 30 °C to 85 °C in 11 min and isothermal thereafter: (
R) t
r(minor) = 43.0 min, (
S) t
r(major) = 43.6 min)].
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3. Discussion
Appendix
Chemical Abstracts Nomenclature (Collective Index Number);
(Registry Number)
P,P-Diphenylphosphinic amide; (5994-87-6)
Benzaldehyde; (100-52-7)
p-Toluenesulfinic acid:
Benzenesulfinic acid, 4-methyl-; (536-57-2)
N-[(4-Methylphenyl)sulfonyl(phenyl)methyl] P,P-diphenylphosphinic amide; (701291-86-3)
N-[(Phenyl)methylene]-P,P-diphenylphosphinic amide:
Phosphinic amide, P,P-diphenyl-N-(phenylmethylene)-; (67764-52-7)
Cu(OTf)2: Methanesulfonic acid, trifluoro-, copper(2+) salt; (34946-82-2)
(R,R)-BozPHOS: Phospholane, 1-[2-[(2R,5R)-2,5-dimethyl-1-oxido-1-phospholanyl]phenyl]-2,5-dimethyl-, (2R,5R)-; (38132-66-8)
Diethylzinc; (557-20-0)
N-[(1S)-1-Phenylpropyl]-P,P-diphenylphosphinic amide:
Phosphinic amide, P,P-diphenyl-N-[(1S)-1-phenylpropyl]-; (106651-15-4)
(1S)-1-Phenylpropan-1-amine hydrochloride:
Benzenemethanamine, α-ethyl-, hydrochloride, (αS)-: (19146-52-2)
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