The behavior of N-phenyliminophosphorane towards o- and p-quinones.: New synthesis of dioxazole and oxadiazole derivatives

N-Phenyliminophosphorane (1) reacts with 9,10-phenanthrenequinone (2a) to give the new products 2-phenylphenanthro[9,10-d][1,3,2]dioxazole (4a) and (10Z)-10-(phenylimino)-9(10H) phenanthrenone (4b). The reaction of I with 1,2-naphthoquinone (2b) afforded both the dioxazole derivative 5a and the known 2-anilino-naphthoquinone-1,4-anil (5b). On the other hand, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-2,3-diphenyl-2,3-dihydro-1,2,3-benzoxadiazole (6) was obtained from the reaction of (2c) with phosphinimine (1). Application of reagent 1 on 2d and 2e renders (6E)-2,3,4,5-tetrahalogeno-6-(phenylimino)-2,4-cyclohexadien-1-one 7a and 7b, respectively. Moreover, p-quinones (3a-3c) react with phosphinimine (1) to yield products 8, 9 and 10, respectively. Mechanisms accounting for the formation of the new products are discussed and the probable structures of the products are presented based on analytical and spectroscopic data.