Synthesis of a New Chiral Source, (1R,2S)‐1‐Phenylphospholane‐2‐carboxylic Acid, via a Key Intermediate α‐Phenylphospholanyllithium Borane Complex: Configurational Stability and X‐ray Crystal Structure of an α‐Monophosphinoalkyllithium Borane Complex

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A synthetic route to enantiomerically pure (1R,2S)-1-phenylphospholane-2-carboxylic acid (1), which is a phosphorus analogue of proline, has been established. A key step is the deprotonation–carboxylation of the 1-phenylphospholane borane complex 3 by using sBuLi/1,2-dipiperidinoethane (DPE). Configurational stability of the key intermediate, the amine-coordinated α-phosphinoalkyllithium borane complex 4, was investigated by employing lithiodestannylation–carboxylation of both diastereomers of the 1-phenyl-2-trimethylstannylphospholane borane complex 7 in the presence of several kinds of amines, and as a result, 4 was found to be configurationally labile even at −100 °C. The key intermediate, the DPE-coordinated trans-1-phenyl-2-phospholanyllithium borane complex 9, was isolated, and the structure was identified by X-ray crystal structure analysis. This is the first X-ray crystal structure determined for an α-monophosphinoalkyllithium borane complex. Remarkably, the alkyllithium complex is monomeric and tricoordinate at the lithium center with a slightly pyramidalized environment, and the existence of a LiC bond (2.170 Å) has been confirmed. Moreover, 1H–7Li HOESY and 6Li NMR analyses suggested the structure of 9 in solution as well as the existence of an equilibrium between 9, its cis isomer, and the ion pair 8 at room temperature, which was extremely biased towards 9 at −100 °C. Finally, 1 was used as a chiral ligand in a palladium-catalyzed allylic substitution, and the desired product was obtained in high yield with good enantioselectivity.

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