Synthesis of trifluoromethyl derivatives of alkyl 2-nitromethylphosphonopropionates and -phosphonobutyrates

Abstract

By adding diethyl hydrogen phosphite to 5-trifluoromethyl-2-furaldehyde (5-trifluoromethylfur-2-yl)(diethoxyphosphoryl)methanol was synthesized. It was oxidized with DMSO-acetic anhydride mixture to diethyl 5-trifluoromethyl-2-furoyl phosphonate. The reaction of the latter with ethoxymethylenetriphenylphosphorane gives ethyl (2E)-3-(diethoxyphosphoryl)-3-(5-trifluoromethylfur-2-yl)propenoate. Analogous reaction of (diethoxyphosphoryl)(5-trifluoromethylfur-2-yl)acetic aldehyde yields ethyl (4E)-4-(diethoxyphosphoryl)-4-(5-trifluoromethylfur-2-yl)-but-3-enoate. The addition of nitromethane to these esters of unsaturated acids in the presence of potassium fluoride gives a mixture of diastereomers of phosphorylated esters of 2-nitromethyl-3-(5-trifluoromethylfur-2-yl)propanoic and 3-nitromethyl-4-(5-trifluoromethylfur-2-yl)butanoic acids respectively. By the reduction of ethyl nitropropanoate with zinc and formic acid in dioxane ethyl 2-aminomethyl-3-(diethoxyphosphoryl)-3-(5-trifluoromethylfur-2-yl)propanoate was prepared in a low yield. It may be considered as the derivative of β-alanine containing additional pharmacophore fragments.