140890-91-1Relevant articles and documents
Kinetics and Mechanism of the Addition of Triphenylphosphoniocyclopentadienide to Tetrahalo-p-benzoquinones. Part 2. Reaction with Bromanil and Iodanil
Valero, Rosa,Pla, Francisco Perez,Palou, Juan,Hall, C. Dennis,Speers, Peter
, p. 425 - 434 (2007/10/02)
The reaction of tetrahalo-p-benzoquinones with triphenylphosphoniocyclopentadienide yields 6-(triphenylphosphino-3'-cyclopentadienyl)-2,3,5-trihalocyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione (4a-d), a new class of zwitterionic dyes containing phosphorus.The rate-limiting step has been found to be the addition of the ylide to the quinone through a highly polar betaine intermediate.The elimination of hydrogen halide from the betaine, is of the E2 or E1cB type for the bromanil system and of the E1 type for iodanil.SCF-AM1 calculations suggest that the E1cB path is energetically favoured relative to the E1 elimination path.