Dimephosphone analogs: I. Synthesis and structure of some dimephosphone aryl- and acylhydrazones

Dimephosphone (2-dimethoxyphosphoryl-2-methylpentan-4-one) phenyl-, nitrophenyl-, benzoyl-, and 4-nitrobenzoylhydrazones were synthesized. The compounds in crystals were shown to have a steric form exclusively of the E -isomer. The structure of hydrazones in solution is defined by the nature of the substituents and the solvent and the time of storage of the solution. The dimephosphone aroylhydrazones in acid solutions exist in several possible forms: the isomers at the imine bond, the conformers at the amide bond, and a cyclic tautomer (1,3,4-oxadiazoline).