Silicon-induced diastereoselectivity of the catalyzed phosphorylation of 1-(perfluoroalkyl)-ω (trialkylsilyl)alkan-1-ols

Abstract

The stereochemistry of catalytic phosphorylation of 1-(perfluoroalkyl)-ω-(trialkylsilyl)alkan-1-ols with pentavalent phosphorus acid monochlorides (phosphonochloridates, methyl(phenyl)phosphinic chloride, and phosphorochloridates) was studied. The effects of the structures of alcohols and phosphorylating agents on the degree of the reaction diastereoselectivity were investigated. Methylphosphonochloridates were found to react most stereoselectively; the diastereoselectivity of the phosphorylation is independent of the donor or acceptor character of substituents at the phosphorus atom, being determined by their volumes. In the series of silylalkanols, the diastereoselectivity of the reaction the higher the closer the Si atom to the reactive site of the molecule, the larger the volume of the perfluoroalkyl substituent, and the more pronounced the electron-withdrawing properties of the substituents at the Si atom. A reaction mechanism is proposed that rationalizes the stereoselectivity of the reaction.