Hexafluoroacetone adducts of phosphines containing a group susceptible to nucleophilic attack
Abstract
The betaines formed by attack of the tervalent phosphorus compounds R2PX (X = NCO, NCS, or CH:CH2) on the oxygen atom of hexafluoroacetone (HFA) cyclise to give ylides which react further with HFA to give bicyclic phosphoranes. A 1,3,2-oxazaphosphetan is formed from the phosphoramidite (PhO)2P·NHPh and HFA.