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Title: Solvent-free mechanochemical preparation of phosphonium salts, phosphorus ylides, and olefins

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of preparing a phosphonium salt of the formula [R1R2R3P--CR4R5R6]X, comprising ball-milling a phosphine of the formula R1R2R3P with a compound of the formula XCR4R5R6; a method of preparing a phosphorus ylide of the formula R1R2R3P--CR4R5, comprising ball-milling a phosphonium salt of the formula [R1R2R3P --HCR4R5]X in the presence of a base; and a method of preparing an olefin of the formula R4R5C--CR7H or R4R5C--CR7R8, comprising ball-milling a phosphorus ylide of the formula [R1R2R3P--CR4R5 with a compound of the formula R7C(O)H or R7C(O)R8. The inventive method produces phosphonium salts and phosphorus ylides by mechanical processing solid reagents under solvent-free conditions. The advantages of the present invention over conventional solution methods, include: (1) extremely high selectivity; (2) high yields; (3) low processing temperatures; (4) simple and scalable reactions using commercially available equipment; and (5) the complete elimination of solvents from the reaction.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1175910
Patent Number(s):
7105714
Application Number:
10/744,932
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, IA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07F - ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-82
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2003 Dec 22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Pecharsky, Vitalij K, Balema, Viktor P, Wiench, Jerzy W, and Pruski, Marek. Solvent-free mechanochemical preparation of phosphonium salts, phosphorus ylides, and olefins. United States: N. p., 2006. Web.
Pecharsky, Vitalij K, Balema, Viktor P, Wiench, Jerzy W, & Pruski, Marek. Solvent-free mechanochemical preparation of phosphonium salts, phosphorus ylides, and olefins. United States.
Pecharsky, Vitalij K, Balema, Viktor P, Wiench, Jerzy W, and Pruski, Marek. Tue . "Solvent-free mechanochemical preparation of phosphonium salts, phosphorus ylides, and olefins". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175910.
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abstractNote = {The present invention provides a method of preparing a phosphonium salt of the formula [R1R2R3P--CR4R5R6]X, comprising ball-milling a phosphine of the formula R1R2R3P with a compound of the formula XCR4R5R6; a method of preparing a phosphorus ylide of the formula R1R2R3P--CR4R5, comprising ball-milling a phosphonium salt of the formula [R1R2R3P --HCR4R5]X in the presence of a base; and a method of preparing an olefin of the formula R4R5C--CR7H or R4R5C--CR7R8, comprising ball-milling a phosphorus ylide of the formula [R1R2R3P--CR4R5 with a compound of the formula R7C(O)H or R7C(O)R8. The inventive method produces phosphonium salts and phosphorus ylides by mechanical processing solid reagents under solvent-free conditions. The advantages of the present invention over conventional solution methods, include: (1) extremely high selectivity; (2) high yields; (3) low processing temperatures; (4) simple and scalable reactions using commercially available equipment; and (5) the complete elimination of solvents from the reaction.},
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Works referenced in this record:

Mechanically Induced Solid-State Generation of Phosphorus Ylides and the Solvent-Free Wittig Reaction
journal, June 2002