Beilstein Arch. 2022, 202253. https://doi.org/10.3762/bxiv.2022.53.v1
Published 22 Jun 2022
The >C=P- or –N=P- functionality in 1,3-azaphospholo[1,5-a]pyridine, named as 2-phosphaindolizine and its 1- and 3-aza derivatives act as dienophiles and undergo Diels-Alder reaction with 1,3-dienes. However, the dienophilic reactivity is affected by the nature of the substituent groups on the two sides of the σ2,3-P atom and also by the presence of more nitrogen atom (s) in the five-membered ring. The conceptual density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been used in recent years to predict the reactivity of organic molecules in their reactions. We calculated global hardness (η), global softness (S), electronic chemical potential (μ), electrophilicity (ω) and nucleophilicity (N) indices of four classes of 2-phosphaindolizines, on the basis of which their observed relative dienophilic reactivities could be rationalized. Besides, the Fukui functions of the carbon/nitrogen and phosphorus atoms of the >C=P- and –N=P- functionalities were also computed which revealed their hard electrophilic character and accorded well with the dienophilic reactivities observed experimentally. Furthermore, energies and symmetries of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (LUMO) of 2-phosphaindolizines were found to be in conformity with their dienophilic reactivities.
Keywords: 2-Phosphaindolizines; dienophilic reactivity; global hardness; electronic chemical potential; electrophilicity index; nucleophilicity index; Fukui function
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Beig, N.; Peswani, A.; Bansal, R. K. Beilstein Arch. 2022, 202253. doi:10.3762/bxiv.2022.53.v1
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