Phosphorylation of trivalent metal tris(3-bromo-2,4-pentanedionates)

Reactions of chromium(III) and cobalt (III) tris(3-bromo-2,4-pentandionates) with sodium dibutyl phosphate, sodium dibutylphosphinate, sodium dibutyl dithiophosphate, and sodium dibutyldithiophosphinate were studied. Oxygen-containing derivatives of phosphorus acids give metal polyphosphates and polyphosphonates, and in the case of sodium dibutyl phosphate, a bromine substitution product was isolated in 3% yield. The reactions of the chelates with sodium dibutyl dithiophosphate and sodium dibutyldithiophosphinate, substitution products were isolated in 54% and 65% yields, respectively. The reactions all involved reductive dehalogenation along with substitution.