The intermediacy of metathiophosphonate PhPSO in the reaction of N-tert-butyl-P-phenylphosphonamidothioic acid with alcohols

Nonas, T; Jankowski, S

HERO ID

1048896

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Journal Article

Year

2005

Language

English

PMID

15651802

HERO ID 1048896
In Press No
Year 2005
Title The intermediacy of metathiophosphonate PhPSO in the reaction of N-tert-butyl-P-phenylphosphonamidothioic acid with alcohols
Authors Nonas, T; Jankowski, S
Journal Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume 70
Issue 2
Page Numbers 562-566
Abstract Kinetic studies of the reaction of N-tert-butyl-P-phenylphosphonamidothioic acid (1) with alcohols were carried out in CH2Cl2 by means of 31P NMR spectrometry. The reaction is of the first order with respect to thio acid 1. The first-order rate constant at 30 degrees C increases with increasing methanol concentration below 0.25 M, but otherwise the rate constants are either independent of alcohol concentration (MeOH above 0.25 M, BuOH) or decrease with increasing alcohol concentration (i-PrOH, t-BuOH). The effect of alcohols on the order of the reaction and parameters of activation, as well as results of competition experiments, lead us to the conclusion that reaction of 1 with alcohols occurs by an elimination-addition mechanism involving the association of the thio acid 1 and the alcohol and then formation in the rate-determining step of an encounter complex 2' ' involving metathiophosphonate 4, amine, and alcohol. Metathiophosphonate 4 reacts preferentially with the alcohol as the encounter complex (primary alcohols) or after diffusion apart as a "free" intermediate (hindered alcohols).
Doi 10.1021/jo0483769
Pmid 15651802
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