One-Pot Benzo[b]phosphole Synthesis through Sequential Alkyne Arylmagnesiation, Electrophilic Trapping, and Intramolecular Phospha-Friedel–Crafts Cyclization

Abstract

A one-pot multicomponent synthesis of a benzo[b]phosphole derivative has been achieved by a sequence of transition-metal-catalyzed arylmagnesiation of an internal alkyne, electrophilic trapping of the resulting alkenylmagnesium species with a dichloroorganophosphine, and an intramolecular phospha-Friedel−Crafts reaction. With appropriate arylmagnesiation and P−C bond formation conditions, the present method allows for the modular and expedient preparation of benzophospholes bearing a variety of substituents on the phosphorus atom, the C2 and C3 atoms, and the “benzo” moiety.

Publication
Wu, B.; Chopra, R.; Yoshikai, N. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 5666-5669.