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Kinetic Studies of the Thermal cis-to-trans Isomerization of Dioxaphospholanes

By following a previously reported method,1 the synthesis of r-2-alkoxy-cis-4-cis-5-dimethyl-1,3,2-λ3-dioxaphospholanes ligands (1 and 3) was carried out. The purpose of this work is the kinetic study of the inversion barrier at phosphorus for 1 and 3 and the comparison with the already informed dioxaphospholane 2. The kinetic measurements of the thermal isomerization cis-to-trans were performed by 31P NMR spectroscopy, observing a first order kinetics for both compounds. The energy of activation (Ea) for the epimerization of compounds cis-1 and cis-3 was calculated to be 16.0 ± 0.6 and 11.8 ± 0.8 kcal/mol, respectively. The values of the thermodynamic parameters of the transition state (Δ H≠, Δ S≠, Δ G≠) suggest that the inversion at phosphorus not only depends on the spatial requirements of the alkoxy substituent but also on entropic effects. The thermodynamic parameters Δ H°, Δ S°, and Δ G° were also evaluated and they show that the cis isomers are preferred from enthalpic point of view, but entropic effects dominate the equilibrium trans ⇌ cis leading to the entropically favored trans isomers. Furthermore, the results are supported by density functional theory calculations of 1–4 at the B3LYP/6-31G** level.