Current Organic Chemistry - Volume 10, Issue 18, 2006

After the success of the 1st Organophosphorus (OP) special issue of Current Organic Chemistry consisting of two parts published back to back it is my pleasure to announce the 2nd. OP special issue approved by the Editor-in-Chief, Professor Attaur- Rahman and the management of Bentham. The first three papers cover relatively large molecules, such as phosphorus-containing cyclodextrins, calixarenes and cyclophanes, as w Read More

Although still a relatively young field of research, supramolecular chemistry ranks amongst the most important disciplines of organic chemistry with massive number of papers published annually. Despite of their importance in biology and industry organophosphorus compounds appear quite rarely as an object of supramolecular chemistry studies. In this respect compounds able to form supramolecules with certain guest orga Read More

Macrocyclic compounds are ubiquitous as synthetic receptors in supramolecular chemistry. This paper provides an overview of studies in the synthesis and functional properties of phosphorus-containing chiral cyclodextrins, calixarenes and cyclophanes having three-dimensional molecular cavities, within the context of molecular recognition and catalysis. The review demonstrates that chiral phosphorus-containing macrocyc Read More

The methods of synthesis of dendrimers and dendritic macromolecules possessing phosphorus derivatives at each branching points are reviewed. Classical methods using the repetition of two steps are first described, then various ways usable to shorten the time needed for the synthesis are emphasized. These improvements include the use of accelerated methods (one step for one generation), and of dendrons (dendritic we Read More

This article reviews the unique reactivities of α-hydroxyiminoalkylphosphonates, which result from the proximity and the interaction between the hydroxyimino and the phosphonic groups. The reaction course of α-hydroxyiminoalkylphosphonates depends markedly on the type of groups linked to the phosphorus and on the stereochemistry of the oxime function. (Z)- α-Hydroxyiminoalkylphosphonates and phosphinates undergo, Read More

The synthesis and reactivity of the N-vinylic phosphazene derivatives is the subject of this review. The first part gives a survey of different methodologies for the preparation of N-vinylic phosphazenes. These N-vinylic phosphazenes can be prepared either, by Staudinger reaction of N-vinylic azides with phosphines, or by reaction of phosphorus ylides and nitriles. The second part covers the high synthetic potential of the Read More

This review is concerned with stereogenic phosphorus sites as they occur in phosphorus compounds owning the several stages of coordination. The nature of the stereogenic phosphorus, the modes of generation of compounds containing such stereogenic phosphorus, and the stereochemistry associated with their reactions are surveyed. In particular, tricoordinated (phosphine, phosphite, phosphonite and phosphinite) phosphor Read More