Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO−CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
Daniel García Garrido
Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO−CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
Eleuterio Álvarez
Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO−CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
Riccardo Peloso
Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO−CINQA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
N-(diisopropylphosphanyl)benzamide, PhC(O)NHPiPr2, has been synthesized in good yield following two alternative procedures that employ benzamide as the starting material. The first one is a two-step preparation, in which N-(trimetilsilyl)benzamide is reacted with PiPr2Cl to give the title compound in good yield, whereas the second one is a straightforward synthesis which converts benzamide into N-(diisopropylphosphanyl)benzamide by reaction with PiPr2Cl in the presence of N,N-dimethylpyridin-4-amine (DMAP) and triethylamine. NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analyses have been performed to characterize the new compound and elucidate its molecular structure in the solid state. N-(diisopropylphosphanyl)benzamide adds to the limited family of amido-substituted phosphines, RC(O)NHPR’2, which can be classified as bidentate hybrid P,O-ligands, both in their neutral and anionic forms, the latter achievable by deprotonation of the NH group.
