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Synthesis, structure and pyrolysis of stabilised phosphonium ylides containing saturated oxygen heterocycles

Yes / A range of twelve stabilised phosphonium ylides containing tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran or 2,2-
dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane rings have been prepared and fully characterised, including one X-ray structure
determination of each type. The X-ray structures confirm the PvC and CvO functions to be syn and all
the compounds undergo thermal extrusion of Ph3PO to give the corresponding alkynes. In some cases
there is also competing loss of Ph3P to give different carbene-derived products and evidence has been
obtained for the generation of 2-phenyloxete in this way. Raising the pyrolysis temperature leads in
several cases to new secondary reactions of the alkyne products involving a sequence of alkyne to vinylidene
isomerisation, intramolecular CH insertion, and retro Diels Alder reaction.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/8426
Date05 January 2016
CreatorsAitken, R.A., Karodia, Nazira, McCarron, H.B., Rouxel, C., Sahabo, Nina Carole, Slawin, A.M.Z.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, Published version
Rights© 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence., CC-BY

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