ISSN:
1434-1948
Keywords:
Phosphorus
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Phosphonic anhydrides
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Oligophosphonic acids
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Peptide synthesis
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Solid-state structures
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Chemistry
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General Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
By reaction of RP(O)Cl2 with RP(O)(OSiMe3)2, phosphonic anhydrides (RPO2)3 (R = tBu, 2-methylphenyl, 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) 1a-c are conveniently obtained. In contrast to 1b and 1c, compound 1a is remarkably stable against protolysis. Intermediates of hydrolysis of 1a, namely tris(tert-butyl)triphosphonic acid (2) and bis(tert-butyl)diphosphonic acid (3), can also be isolated in good yield. The structures of 1-3 were determined mainly by NMR spectroscopy (1 H, 13C, 31P). Assuming an energetic preference for the chair conformations in solution, and considering the steric requirements of the bulky substituents R, configurations Ia (point group Cs, two R in equatorial positions) for 1a and b, and IIa (point group C3v, all R equatorial) for 1c are suggested. - Reaction of 1a with N-benzyloxycarbonylglycine (4) in methanol affords strong evidence that in the first step of peptide synthesis with (RPO2)3, a mixed anhydride of triphosphonic acid and the N-protected amino acid is formed. - The crystal structure of 1a (monoclinic, space group P21/n) widely corresponds to the suggested configuration Ia, but reveals an envelope conformation for the six-membered ring with a P3O2 plane in the crystal. In the crystal structure of the octahydrate of the disodium salt of 2 (monoclinic, space group P21/c), it can be seen that the polar end groups of the anions [tBu3P3O7]2- together with the water molecules and the Na+ cations, form hydrogen-bonded double-layers, strictly separated from each other by the non-polar tert-butyl groups of the anions.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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