Molecules 2001, 6, M275

Tetraethyl(pyrrolidine-2,2-diyl)bisphosphonate

Gilles Olive 1* and Alain Jacques 2

1 Unité de physique et de chimie des hauts polymères, Université catholique de Louvain, Bâtiment Bolztmann, Place Croix du Sud, 1, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Tel: +32 47 33 91, Fax: +32 45 15 93, e-mail: [email protected]
2 Unité CSTR, Université catholique de Louvain, Bâtiment Lavoisier, Place Louis Pasteur, 1, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected]

Received: 1 December 2001 / Accepted: 15 December 2001 / Published: 20 December 2001

Keywords: diphosphorylation, triethylphosphite, pyrrolidone, bisphosphonate.
 

The synthesis of the title compound is already described [1, 2] and we report here the fully optimized procedure. In a double walls flask, under nitrogen, phosphorus oxychloride (20 ml; 0.22 mol) is added for 1 h 00 time to a mixture at -7.5 °C of 2-pyrrolidinone (9.3 g; 0.11 mol) and triethylphosphite (35.1 g; 0.21 mol; 1.9 eq.). The reaction mixture is stirred for 1 hour at room temperature and then poured over a mixture of ice (200 g) and ammonia 30 % (400 ml). The aqueous layer is extracted with methylene chloride (3x100 ml) and then the latter is removed to obtain a yellow oil. The oil is dissolved in 100 ml of methylene chloride. An aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid (10 ml of 32 % HCl solution, 190 ml of water) is added (check that pH 1) and the aqueous layer is washed with methylene chloride (3x100 ml). A solution of sodium hydroxide (20 g of NaOH in 200 ml of water) is added up to pH 10 and the aqueous layer is extracted with methylene chloride (4x100 ml). The organic layer is dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and the removal of the solvent affords 1 (20.9 g; 58 %) as a colourless oil.

Formula: C12H27NO6P2.

Molecular weight: 343.13 g.mol-1.

M.p: -36 °C.

B.p: 140 °C under 6.10-2 mmHg.

Rf: 0.39 (Acetone) ; 0.43 (CH2Cl2 / EtOH 19:1).

UV (EtOH, 25 °C): lmax (e) 205 (1622), 221 (1737), 264 (212) nm (mol-1.dm3.cm-1).

pKa: 3.5 - Krebs at 20 °C: 3.59 - Krebs at 37 °C: 3.47. [3]

IR (Neat): 3481 (nNH); 2982 (nCH2 ring + nCH3 As.); 2932 (nCH2 ethoxy); 2909; 2869 (nCH3 Sym.); 1670 (dNH); 1595; 1478; 1457 (dCH2 ring + ethoxy); 1392 or 1368 (dCHsp3 Sym.); 1324; 1293; 1243 (P=O); 1164 (P-OEt); 1098 (nC-N); 1044; 968; 794; 732; 645; 580; 536 cm-1.

Raman: 2979 (nCH2 ring + nCH3 As.); 2934 (nCH2 ethoxy); 2874 (nCH3 Sym.); 2778; 2725; 1594 (dNH in plane); 1482; 1458 and 1449 (dCH2 ring + ethoxy); 1394 or 1369 (dCHsp3 Sym.); 1289; 1240 (P=O); 1190; 1162 (P-OEt); 1100 (nC-N); 1027; 918; 877; 812; 757; 653; 291; 271 cm-1.

1H-NMR: d in ppm referring to TMS (multiplicity, J in Hz) ; a, b, c, d and e as assigned in scheme.
 
 
Solvent
Frequency 
(MHz)
a
b
c
d
e
CDCl3
400
2.92 (t, 6.4)
1.74 
(quint., 6.4)
2.16 (m)
4.07 (m)
1.20 (t, 7.0) 
1.20 (t, 6.8)
C6D6
400
2.88 (t, 6.5)
1.69 (quint., 6.5, 7.2)
2.42 (tt, 7.2a, 17.7b)
4.17 (m)
1.10 (t, 7.1) 
1.11 (t, 7.1)
D2O
500
2.98 (t, 6.4)
1.87 
(quint., 6.4)
2.28 (tt, 7.2a, 18.7b)
4.21 (m)
1.34 (t, 7.1)
DMSO 

55 °C = 328 K

500
2.92 (t, 6.9)
1.74 
(quint., 7.2)
2.14 (tt, 7.2a, 17.9b)
4.08 (m)
1.23 (t, 7.2)
Acetone-d6c
500
3.10 (t, 6.5)
1.91
(quint., 6.8)
2.33 (tt, 7.2a, 17.7b)
4.26 (m)
1.38 (t, 7.1)
             
CDCl3d
500
0.87 s
0.79 s
0.58 s
1.78 s
1.85 s

a JH-H
b JP-H
c Additional: 3.28 (ls, NH)
d Value of T1

13C-NMR: d in ppm referring to TMS (multiplicity, JCP in Hz) (multiplicity, 1JCH in Hz for CDCl3 and Acetone-d6) ; (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) as assigned in scheme.
 
 
Solvent
Frequency 
(MHz)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
CDCl3
125
47.4 (t, 4.7)

(t, 139.4)a

26.1 (t, 3.7)

(t, 133.8)a

30.5 (t, 3.6)

(t, 135.4)a

61.7 (t, 152.3)
62.8 (t, 3.8)

(tsext.c, 148.3)a

63.3 (t, 3.6)

(tsext.c, 149.3)a

15.4b

(qh, 127.1)a

15.5b

(qh, 127.1)a

C6D6
100
47.7 (t, 4.0)
26.5 (t, 3.1)
31.2 (t, 3.0)
62.8 (t, 151.8)
62.7 (t, 5.8) 
63.4 (t, 5.8)
16.5 (t, 7.2) 
16.6 (t, 5.5)
D2O
125
47.0 (m)
25.4 (t, 3.1)
30.0 (m)
62.0
64.7 
(q, 3.8)
15.6 (t, 2.7)
DMSO 
30 °C = 303 K
125
47.0
25.6
30.5
61.4 (t, 151.3)
62.3 (t, 3.6) 
62.6b
16.3
DMSO 
55 °C = 328 K
125
46.7 (t, 4.7)
25.3 (t, 3.7)
30.3 (t, 3.5)
61.6 (t, 151.7)
62.0 (t, 3.8) 
62.3 (t, 3.4)
15.9 (t, 3.1)

16.0 (t, 2.3)

DMSO 
70 °C = 343 K
125
46.9
25.6
30.6
62.1 (t, 151.5)
62.3 (t, 3.7) 
62.5 (t, 3.5)
16.2
Acetone-d6
125
48.0 (t, 4.5)

(t, 138.9)a

26.7 (t, 3.6)

(t, 133.2)a

31.5 (d, 3.7)

(t, 133.8)a

62.9 (t, 151.8)
63.2 (t, 3.7)

(t, 148.04)a

63.6 

(d, 3.4)

(t, 147.9)a

16.8 (t, 3.8)

(q, 130.5)a

a Proton coupled (multiplicity, 1JCH in Hz)
b Unresolved triplet
c Triplet of sextuplet
 

Variable temperature in DMSO at 63 MHz [4]
 
 
Temp. 

°C

Temp. 

K

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
30
303
46.9 (t, 4.7)
25.6 (t, 3.5)
30.5 (t, 3.2)
61.4 (t, 151.7)
62.3 (t, 3.8) 

62.6 (t, 3.6)

16.3 (t, 3.0)
50
323
46.9 (t, 4.8)
25.6 (t, 3.5)
30.5 (t, 3.2)
61.6a
62.3 (t, 3.8) 

62.5 (t, 3.6)

16.2 (t, 2.9)
60
333
46.9 (t, 4.7)
25.6 (t, 3.6)
30.5 (t, 3.2)
61.8 (t, 151.0)
62.3 (t, 3.8) 

62.5 (t, 3.6)

16.2 (t, 2.7)
70
343
46.9 (t, 4.8)
25.6 (t, 3.7)
30.5 (t, 3.2)
61.9a
62.3 (t, 3.8) 

62.5 (t, 3.5)

16.2
90
363
46.9 (t, 4.8)
25.5 (t, 3.7)
30.5 (t, 3.2)
 
62.3 (t, 3.8) 

62.5 (t, 3.7)

16.1 (t, 2.5)
110
383
46.9 (t, 4.8)
25.5 (t, 3.7)
30.6 (t, 3.1)
 
62.3 (t, 3.9) 

62.5 (t, 3.7)

16.1

a Only the central line

31P-NMR: d in ppm referring to external 85 % H3PO4
d (CDCl3, 40 MHz): 22.5 ppm.
d (CDCl3, 162 MHz): 24.7 ppm.
d (C6D6, 40 MHz): 22.8 ppm.
da (Krebs at 20 °C, 162 MHz): 16.51 ppm - db (Krebs at 20 °C, 162 MHz): 24.09 ppm. [3]
da (Krebs at 37 °C, 162 MHz): 16.53 ppm - db (Krebs at 37 °C, 162 MHz): 24.18 ppm. [3]
T1 (CDCl3, 202 MHz): 1.89 s.

31P MAS NMR: d (10 KHz spinning at 200 K): 22.39 ppm. [5]

15N-NMR: d in ppm referring to external CD3NO2: d (CDCl3, 50 MHz): -341.6 (t, JNP = 8.6) ppm.
d (C6D6, 50 MHz): -340.7 (t, JNP = 8.7) ppm.

17O-NMR: d in ppm referring to external H2O: d (DMSO, 68 MHz): 95.4 (P=O) ppm.
d (Acetone d6, 68 MHz): 84.6 (P=O) and 53.9 (P-O) ppm.

References and Notes

1. Olive, G.; Le Moigne, F.; Mercier, A.; Rockenbauer, A.; Tordo, P. J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 9095-9099.
2. Olive, G.; van Genderen, M. H. P. Magn. Reson. Chem. 2000, 38(5), 379-381.
3. Pietri, S.; Miolan, M .; Martel, S.; Le Moigne, F.; Blaive, B.; Culcasi, M. J. Biol. Chem. 2000, 275(26), 19505-19512.
4. Olive, G.; Jacques, A. To be published.
5. Millot, Y. ; Olive, G.; Magusin, P. To be published.

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