Description

Tri-tert-butylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate is a white solid, melting point 261 ℃, is used as an organic intermediate. It is reported in the literature to be useful for the preparation of alpha-arylvinylphosphate, a sensitising material and a sensitising material.

Applications in Synthesis of Multisubstituted Indoles

Starting from arylboronic acids and ester (Z)-3-aminoacrylates, one-pot syntheses of diverse indole-3-carboxylic esters have been described through copper(II)-catalyzed sequential Chan–Lam N-arylation and cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reactions. The initial Chan–Lam arylation can proceed in DMF at 100 °C for 24 h to give ester (Z)-3-(arylamino)acrylate intermediates in the presence of Cu(OAc)2/tri-tert-butylphosphine tetrafluoroborate, a catalytic amount of myristic acid as the additive, KMnO4 and KHCO3. Sequentially, these in situ arylated intermediates can undergo an intramolecular oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling process in mixed solvents (DMF/DMSO = 2?:?1) at 130 °C to give C3-functionalized multi-substituted indole derivatives.¹

Synthesis Method

A method of preparing tri-tert-butylphosphine tetrafluoroborate, comprising the steps of: reacting a tert-butyl Grignard reagent with phosphorus trihalide and boron trifluoride, adding a hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution to form salt after the reaction is finished, extracting and layering, and recrystallizing to obtain the tri-tert-butylphosphonium tetrafluoroborate.²

1.Chen X, Bian Y, Mo B, Sun P, Chen C, Peng J. Copper(ii)-catalyzed synthesis of multisubstituted indoles through sequential Chan-Lam and cross-dehydrogenative coupling reactions. RSC Adv. 2020; 10(42): 24830-24839.

2.CN113683639A.