Making aromatic phosphorus heterocycles more basic and nucleophilic: synthesis, characterization and reactivity of the first phosphinine selenide

Wossidlo, Friedrich, Frost, Daniel S., Lin, Jinxiong, Coles, Nathan T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6190-9080, Klimov, Katrin, Weber, Manuela, Böttcher, Tobias and Müller, Christian 2021. Making aromatic phosphorus heterocycles more basic and nucleophilic: synthesis, characterization and reactivity of the first phosphinine selenide. Chemistry - A European Journal 27 (50) , pp. 12788-12795. 10.1002/chem.202102390

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Abstract

The synthesis and isolation of a phosphinine selenide was achieved for the first time by reacting red selenium with 2,6-bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphinine. The rather large coupling constant of 1JP,Se=883 Hz is in line with a P−Se bond of high s-character. The σ-electron donating Me3Si-substituents significantly increase the energy of the phosphorus lone pair and hence its basicity, making the heterocycle considerably more basic and nucleophilic than the unsubstituted phosphinine C5H5P, as confirmed by the calculated gas phase basicities. NBO calculations further reveal that the lone pairs of the selenium atom are stabilized through donor-acceptor interactions with antibonding orbitals of the aromatic ring. The novel phosphinine selenide shows a distinct reactivity towards hexafluoro-2-butyne, Au(I)Cl as well as iPrOH. Our results pave the way for new perspectives in the chemistry of phosphorus in low coordination.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0947-6539
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 December 2024
Date of Acceptance:	12 July 2021
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2025 10:08
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173589

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