Tetrahydrofuran → 1-Ethyl-4-(4-nitro-phenyl)-perhydro-1,4-azaphosphorine 4-oxide

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A mixture of 4-(Divinyl-phosphinoyl)nitro benzene (1.69 g, 7.56 mmol), water (10 mL), 1.0 M of sodium hydroxide in water (7.56 mL, 7.56 mmol) and tetrahydrofuran (10.0 mL, 123 mmol) was treated with ethylamine hydrochloride (678 mg, 8.32 mmol) then heated at 105° C. for one hour. An additional portion of ethylamine hydrochloride was added and the reaction was heated for an additional 2 hours. The reaction was cooled, poured into saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and extracted with dichloromethane. The aqueous layer was treated with solid sodium chloride and extracted and additional 4 times to isolate all the product. The combined organic layers were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified via chromatography (40 g silica gel and 0%→10% methanol in dichloromethane). 1-Ethyl-4-(4-nitro-phenyl)-perhydro-1,4-azaphosphorine 4-oxide was isolated as yellow oil (300 mg, 10%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, (D3C)2SO, δ, ppm): 8.34 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 2H), 8.11 (t, J=18.46, 9.15 Hz, 2H), 2.91-2.75 (m, 4H), 2.51-2.46 (m, 2H), 2.29 (m, 2H), 1.96 (m, 2H), 1.01 (t, J=14.4, 7.5 Hz, 3H). MS=269 (MH)+.

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