Martin David, Illa Ona, Baceiredo Antoine, Bertrand Guy, Ortuño Rosa M, Branchadell Vicenç
Laboratoire d'Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée, UMR CNRS 5069, Université Paul Sabatier, 118, route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 04, France.
J Org Chem. 2005 Jul 8;70(14):5671-7. doi: 10.1021/jo0508447.
[reaction: see text] The reactivity of phosphino(trimethylsilyl)carbenes 1 with several organic acids has been examined in order to evaluate the pKa values of the conjugate acids. Carbenes 1 react efficiently with C-organic acids such as 1,3-dimesitylimidazolium chloride, phenylacetylene, acetonitrile, and acetyltrimethylsilane, which have pKa's in DMSO in the range 18-31. However, the reaction of the conjugate acids 1H+ with the anion perturbs the determination of the genuine basicity of 1. Theoretical calculations have been performed in order to quantify the basicity of phosphino(trimethylsilyl)carbenes 1 and to compare them with that of N-heterocyclic carbenes 2. The pKa of 1H+ in DMSO has been computed to be in the 23.0-23.4 range, so that 1 is not strong enough as a base to spontaneously deprotonate organic acids such as phenylacetylene, acetonitrile, or acetyltrimethylsilane. However, its conjugate acid 1H+ is a strong electrophile and easily reacts with the nucleophilic conjugate bases of these acids leading to the formation of the corresponding phosphorus ylides.
[反应:见正文] 为了评估共轭酸的pKa值,已研究了膦基(三甲基硅基)卡宾1与几种有机酸的反应活性。卡宾1能与C-有机酸如1,3-二甲基咪唑鎓氯化物、苯乙炔、乙腈和乙酰基三甲基硅烷有效反应,这些酸在二甲亚砜中的pKa范围为18 - 31。然而,共轭酸1H⁺与阴离子的反应干扰了对1真实碱度的测定。已进行理论计算以量化膦基(三甲基硅基)卡宾1的碱度,并将它们与N-杂环卡宾2的碱度进行比较。已计算出1H⁺在二甲亚砜中的pKa在23.0 - 23.4范围内,因此1作为碱的强度不足以使苯乙炔、乙腈或乙酰基三甲基硅烷等有机酸自发去质子化。然而,其共轭酸1H⁺是一种强亲电试剂,很容易与这些酸的亲核共轭碱反应,导致形成相应的磷叶立德。