Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions II p. 1195 - 1200 (1988)
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Baban, Jehan A.
Roberts, Brian P.
Methyl bromoacetate and ethyl 2-bromopropanoate are reduced by Bun3P->BH3 or Bun3P->BH2Ph to methyl acetate and ethyl propanoate, respectively, in chlorobenzene at 80-110 deg C in the presence of dibenzoyl peroxide or t-butyl perbenzoate.Amine complexes of borane or phenylborane are much less effective reducing agents.The reductions may also be initiated photochemically and are inhibited by a phenolic radical scavenger.A homolytic chain mechanism is proposed in which the phosphine-boryl radical abstracts halogen from the bromo ester and is subsequently regenerated by reaction of an α-(alkoxycarbonyl)alkyl radical with the phosphine-borane.The latter propagation step, together with halogen abstraction from RI and addition of the derived alkyl radical to the C=C bond, is also involved in the chain reaction between Bun3P->BH2Ph, an alkyl iodide, and ethyl acrylate according to equation (A); Bun3P->BH3 reacts similarly but gives lower yields of ester.Reaction (A) proceeds smoothly at 110 deg C Bun3P->BH2Ph + RI + CH2=CHCO2Et -> RCH2CH2CO2Et + Bun3P->BHIPh (A) when initiated by t-butyl perbenzoate and moderate yields of isolated esters were obtained from n-butyl iodide, cyclohexyl iodide, and 3β-iodocholest-5-ene.This last iodide gives an epimeric mixture of 3α- and 3β-esters in total isolated yield of ca. 50 percent.Similar addition reactions take place between Bun3P->BH2Ph, BunI, and diethyl vinylphosphonate or phenyl vinyl sulphone.It is concluded that Bun3P->BH3 and particularly Bun3P->BH2Ph offer promise as alternatives to tin, mercury, and germanium hydrides in radical chain reactions of synthetic value.
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