Direct Regio- and Diastereoselective Diphosphonylation of Cyclic Enamines: One-Pot Synthesis of α,α′-Bis(diphenylphosphoryl)- and α,α′-Bis(diphenylphosphorothioyl)cycloalkanones

Nejib Jebli, Wouter Debrouwer, Jan Berton, Kristof Van Hecke, Christian Stevens, Soufiane Touil
2017 Synlett : Accounts and Rapid Communications in Synthetic Organic Chemistry  
A straightforward regio- and diastereoselective process has been developed for the synthesis of unprecedented symmetrical trans-α,α′-bis(diphenylphosphoryl)- and α,α′-bis(diphenylphosphorothioyl)-cycloalkanones, through the reaction of cyclic enamines with excess P-chlorodiphenylphosphine in the presence of triethylamine, followed by oxidation or sulfurization and hydrolytic workup.
doi:10.1055/s-0036-1588970 fatcat:yrcsknzc35gd7c3wan26wydjnq