Design, synthesis and applications of hydroxylmethyl-aryl phosphine oxides in phosphorus catalysis

Organophosphorus-mediated reactions are important tools in organic chemistry and are used in the synthesis of highly desirable drug targets, such as morphine.1 A major drawback of traditional phosphorus-mediated reactions is the formation of stoichiometric amounts of phosphine oxide by-products; thi...

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Main Author: Chapman, Charlotte Grace
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2015
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description Organophosphorus-mediated reactions are important tools in organic chemistry and are used in the synthesis of highly desirable drug targets, such as morphine.1 A major drawback of traditional phosphorus-mediated reactions is the formation of stoichiometric amounts of phosphine oxide by-products; this renders the product purification difficult and reduces the atom efficiency of these transformations. For these reasons, catalytic variants become desirable; there being two potential strategies to achieve the catalysis; i) redox-driven and ii) redox-neutral.2-4 The redox-driven catalytic cycle requires a reductant for the turnover whilst the redox-neutral system uses a sacrificial reagent to directly turn over the phosphine oxide to the active phosphorus (V) reagent. This thesis will report upon a new class of Hydroxylmethyl-Aryl phosphine 1 and phosphine oxide 3 catalyst for use in a redox-driven catalytic reaction; the Staudinger reduction Scheme 1, and routes to a potential redox-neutral catalytic Mitsunobu reaction Scheme 2.
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spelling nottingham-303612025-02-28T13:20:45Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30361/ Design, synthesis and applications of hydroxylmethyl-aryl phosphine oxides in phosphorus catalysis Chapman, Charlotte Grace Organophosphorus-mediated reactions are important tools in organic chemistry and are used in the synthesis of highly desirable drug targets, such as morphine.1 A major drawback of traditional phosphorus-mediated reactions is the formation of stoichiometric amounts of phosphine oxide by-products; this renders the product purification difficult and reduces the atom efficiency of these transformations. For these reasons, catalytic variants become desirable; there being two potential strategies to achieve the catalysis; i) redox-driven and ii) redox-neutral.2-4 The redox-driven catalytic cycle requires a reductant for the turnover whilst the redox-neutral system uses a sacrificial reagent to directly turn over the phosphine oxide to the active phosphorus (V) reagent. This thesis will report upon a new class of Hydroxylmethyl-Aryl phosphine 1 and phosphine oxide 3 catalyst for use in a redox-driven catalytic reaction; the Staudinger reduction Scheme 1, and routes to a potential redox-neutral catalytic Mitsunobu reaction Scheme 2. 2015-12-11 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30361/1/Thesis%20Final.pdf Chapman, Charlotte Grace (2015) Design, synthesis and applications of hydroxylmethyl-aryl phosphine oxides in phosphorus catalysis. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Phosphorus catalysis
spellingShingle Phosphorus
catalysis
Chapman, Charlotte Grace
Design, synthesis and applications of hydroxylmethyl-aryl phosphine oxides in phosphorus catalysis
title Design, synthesis and applications of hydroxylmethyl-aryl phosphine oxides in phosphorus catalysis
title_full Design, synthesis and applications of hydroxylmethyl-aryl phosphine oxides in phosphorus catalysis
title_fullStr Design, synthesis and applications of hydroxylmethyl-aryl phosphine oxides in phosphorus catalysis
title_full_unstemmed Design, synthesis and applications of hydroxylmethyl-aryl phosphine oxides in phosphorus catalysis
title_short Design, synthesis and applications of hydroxylmethyl-aryl phosphine oxides in phosphorus catalysis
title_sort design, synthesis and applications of hydroxylmethyl-aryl phosphine oxides in phosphorus catalysis
topic Phosphorus
catalysis
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30361/