Aminolysis and base-catalysed hydrolysis of aryl phenylphosphonamidates and amidothionates: Reactions close to the E1cB-bimolecular nucleophilic mechanistic borderline

Andrew Williams, Kenneth T. Douglas, John S. Loran

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Abstract

Trapping experiments with amine nucleophiles of high negative Brønsted-type exponent confirm that O-aryl NP-diphenylphosphonamidates [PhPO(NPh)OAr] release phenolate in base via an E1cB process. The corresponding phosphonamidothionates, however, hydrolyse in base via an addition-elimination pathway. These conclusions are consistent with the poorer electron-donating power of the thioanion (P-S-) compared with oxyanion (P-O-) to expel phenolate from the corresponding conjugate base [PhPS(N̄Ph)OAr].

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1010-1016
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1975

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