Phenols as starting materials for the synthesis of arilstannanes via SRN1

B CHOPA, ALICIA; M. T. LOCKHART; V. B. DORN

ORGANOMETALLICS

American Chemical Society

Lugar: Washington; Año: 2002 vol. 21 p. 1425 - 1429

0276-7333

Phenols are converted into aryl diethyl phosphate esters (ArDEP), which on reaction with sodium trimethylstannide (1) or sodium triphenylstannide (2) in liquid ammonia afford arylstannanes by the SRN1 mechanism. Thus, the photostimulated reaction of phenylDEP (3), (4-methoxyphenyl)DEP (4), (4-biphenyl)DEP (5), (1-naphthyl)DEP (6), (2-naphthyl)DEP (7), and 2- (34), 3- (32), and (4-pyridyl)DEP (35) with 1 leads to monostannylated product in fair to excellent yields (20-98%). Also, substrates containing two or three leaving groups react with 1 under irradiation, affording the corresponding di- or tristannylated aryl compounds. With tetraethyl m-phenylene bisphosphate (15), tetraethyl p-phenylene bisphosphate (21), (4-chlorophenyl)DEP (22), and 1,3,5-tris(diethylphospho)benzene (30), the di- or trisubstitution products 1,3-bis(trimethylstannyl)benzene (19) (79%), 1,4-bis(trimethylstannyl) benzene (23) (95 and 97%), and 1,3,5-tris(trimethylstannyl)benzene (31) (57%) are obtained, respectively. Also, the reaction of 6 and 7 with 2 leads to substitution products in quantitative yields, and the reaction of 21, 22, and (4-bromophenyl)DEP (24) with 2 affords 1,4-bis(triphenylstannyl)benzene (38) in high yields (70-100%). On the other hand, the results obtained in the photostimulated reaction of 24 and (4-iodophenyl)DEP (25) with 1, as well as in the reaction of 25 with 2, clearly indicate a fast HME reaction.