Preparation of 2-phospholene oxides by the isomerization of 3-phospholene oxides

• Péter Bagi,
• Réka Herbay,
• Nikolett Péczka,
• Zoltán Mucsi,
• István Timári and
• György Keglevich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 818–832, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.75

• Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary 10.3762/bjoc.16.75 Abstract A series of 1-substituted-3-methyl-2-phospholene oxides was prepared from the corresponding 3-phospholene oxides by double bond rearrangement. The 2-phospholene oxides could be obtained by heating the 3

• double bond migration pathways were elucidated by quantum chemical calculations. Keywords: chlorophosphonium salts; isomerization; 2-phospholene oxides; 3-phospholene oxides; quantum chemistry; Introduction P-Heterocyclic derivatives are valuable targets in synthetic organophosphorus chemistry [1][2][3

• strategies for 2-phospholene oxides (Figure 1). A convenient strategy may involve the isomerization of 3-phospholene oxides to the corresponding 2-phospholene oxides. A few isomerizations resulting 2-phospholene derivatives have already been observed and published in the literature [58][59][60][61]. However