Methylenetriphenylphosphorane

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Methylenetriphenylphosphorane - Wikipedia

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Methylenetriphenylphosphorane
Names


Preferred IUPAC name Methylidenetri(phenyl)phosphane
Identifiers
CAS Number	3487-44-3^Y
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChemSpider	121606
PubChem CID	137960
UNII	8GN8K95F62^Y
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID20188410
InChI InChI=1S/C19H17P/c1-20(17-11-5-2-6-12-17,18-13-7-3-8-14-18)19-15-9-4-10-16-19/h2-16H,1H2 Key: XYDYWTJEGDZLTH-UHFFFAOYSA-N InChI=1/C19H17P/c1-20(17-11-5-2-6-12-17,18-13-7-3-8-14-18)19-15-9-4-10-16-19/h2-16H,1H2 Key: XYDYWTJEGDZLTH-UHFFFAOYAU
SMILES C=P(C1=CC=CC=C1)(C2=CC=CC=C2)C3=CC=CC=C3
Properties
Chemical formula	C₁₉H₁₇P
Appearance	yellow solid
Density	1.19 g/cm³
Solubility in water	decompose
Solubility	THF
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Methylenetriphenylphosphorane is an organophosphorus compound with the formula Ph₃PCH₂. It is the parent member of the phosphorus ylides, popularly known as Wittig reagents. It is a highly polar, highly basic species.

Preparation and use

Methylenetriphenylphosphorane is prepared from methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide by its deprotonation using a strong base like butyllithium:^[1]

Ph₃PCH₃Br + BuLi → Ph₃PCH₂ + LiBr + BuH

The phosphorane is generally not isolated, instead it is used in situ. The estimated pK_a of this carbon acid is near 15.^[2] Potassium tert-butoxide has been used in place of butyl lithium.^[3] Sodium amide has also been used a base.^[4]

Methylenetriphenylphosphorane is used to replace oxygen centres in aldehydes and ketones with a methylene group, i.e., a methylenation:

R₂CO + Ph₃PCH₂ → R₂C=CH₂ + Ph₃PO

The phosphorus-containing product is triphenylphosphine oxide.

Structure

Crystallographic characterization of the colourless ylide reveals that the phosphorus atom is approximately tetrahedral. The PCH₂ centre is planar and the P=CH₂ distance is 1.661 Å, which is much shorter than the P-Ph distances (1.823 Å).^[5] The compound is usually described as a combination of two resonance structures:

Ph₃P⁺CH₂⁻ ↔ Ph₃P=CH₂

Uses

Methylenetriphenylphosphorane has become a standard tool for synthetic organic chemists.^[6]

Related reagents

References

^ Wittig, Georg; Schoellkopf, U. (1960). "Methylenecyclohexane". Organic Syntheses. 40: 66. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.040.0066.
^ Ling-Chung, Sim; Sales, Keith D.; Utley, James H. P. (1990). "Measurement of pK_a Values for Phosphonium Salts via the Kinetics of Proton Transfer to an Electrogenerated Base". Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (9): 662. doi:10.1039/C39900000662.
^ Fitjer, L.; Quabeck, U. Synthetic Communications 1985, 15(10), 855–864.
^ F. A. Bottino, G. Di Pasquale, A. Pollicino, A. Recca and D. T. Clark (1990). "Synthesis of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2H-benzotriazole monomers and studies of the surface photostabilization of the related copolymers". Macromolecules. 23 (10): 2662–2666. Bibcode:1990MaMol..23.2662B. doi:10.1021/ma00212a011.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Bart, J. C. J. (1969). "Structure of the non-stabilized phosphonium ylid methylenetriphenylphosphorane". Journal of the Chemical Society B. 1969: 350–365. doi:10.1039/J29690000350.
^ B. E. Maryanoff & A. B. Reitz (1989). "The Wittig olefination reaction and modifications involving phosphoryl-stabilized carbanions. Stereochemistry, mechanism, and selected synthetic aspects". Chem. Rev. 89 (4): 863–927. doi:10.1021/cr00094a007.

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