Synthesis and Properties of Phospha[5]helicenes Bearing Inner-Rim Phosphorus Center

Abstract

New phospha[5]helicene derivatives featuring angular fusion of phosphole and carbohelicene moieties have been synthesized using 7-hydroxybenzo[b]phosphole oxide as a key intermediate, which can be regioselectively prepared through one-pot multicomponent coupling. The structural behavior of the present phospha[5]helicene oxide, sulfide, and gold complex in the solid and solution states, along with DFT calculations, demonstrated close correlation between the P- centered chirality and the helical chirality as well as facile helicity inversion and equilibrium between the diastereomers in solution.

Publication
Rahman, M. S.; Yoshikai, N. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 3232-3236.