Synthesis and Isomer Composition of 2-Polyfluoroalkoxy-1,3,2-dioxaphospholanes and -phosphinanes

Abstract

Polyfluoroalkanols readily reacted with 2-chloro-1,3,2-dioxaphospholanes and 2-chloro-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinanes in hexane in the presence of triethylamine (–10 to 25°C, 5 h) to give 2-polyfluoroalkoxy-1,3,2- dioxaphospholanes and 2-polyfluoroalkoxy-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinanes in 48–72% yield. The products were found to exist as mixtures of cis and trans isomers with the trans isomer predominating for the phospholanes and cis isomer predominating for the phosphinanes according to the ¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁹F, and ³¹P NMR data.