Patent ID: 6316620
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B01J,C07B,C07F

Abstract:
A compound of Formula (1) ##STR14##M is Phosphorous;R1 is hydrogen; C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl; branched alkyl or cycloalkyl; aryl selected from the group consisting of phenyl and naphthyls; substituted aryl wherein the aryl is as hereinbefore defined and the substituents, which may be one or more, or are selected from the group consisting of alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, acyl, phenoxy, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, carboalkoxy, amido and sulfoxy, heteroaryl selected from the group 2-pyridyl, 3-pyridyl, 4-pyridyl, 2-furyl, 3-furyl, 2-benzofuryl, 3 benzofuryl, 2-thiophenyl, 3-thiophenyl, 2-benzothiophenyl, 3-benzothiophenyl, 2-pyrrolyl, 3-pyrrolyl, 2-indolyl, 3-indolyl, benzimidazolyl, imidazolyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, oxazolyl, benzoxazolyl, thiazolyl, and pyrimidinolyl, which may be optionally substituted with one or more alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, acyl, phenoxy, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, carboalkoxy, amido, or sulfoxy group; C.sub.2-6 acyl; aroyl selected from the group benzoyl and napthoyl, which may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents as set forth above for aryl; heteroaroyl selected from the group 2-furoyl, 3-furoyl, 2-pyridoyl, 3-pyridoyl, 4-pyridoyl, 2-benzofuranoyl, 3-benzofuranoyl, 2-thiophenoyl, 3-thiophenoyl, 2-benzothiophenoyl, 3-benzothiophenoyl, 2-pyrroyl, 3-pyrroyl, 2-indoloyl, 3-indoloyl, benzimidazoyl, imidazoyl, quinolinoyl, isoquinolinoyl, oxazoyl, benzoxazoyl, thiazoyl, and pyrimidoyl, which may be optionally substituted with one or more substituents as set forth above for heteroaryl; SO.sub.2 R4 where R4 is selected from the group alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl, which aryl and heteroaryl may be optionally substituted as described above;R2 and R3 can be the same or different and are hydrogen, aryl or heteroaryl as defined above, substituted aryl or heteroaryl as defined (with substituents as defined above), alkyl, branched alkyl, cycloalkyl, benzyl, substituted benzyl, with substituents as defined for aryl, or R2 and R3 together may form a fused carbocyclic ring;X, Y and Z can be independently selected from hydrogen, aryl (pendant or fused) as hereinbefore defined, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10, alkoxy cyano, nitro, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, --CO.sub.2 H, --CO(lower alkoxy), --CO(lower alkyl), --NCOH, --NCO (lower alkyl), NSO.sub.2 (alkyl), --NSO.sub.2 (aryl), hydroxy, alkyl, sulfonoxyalkyl, sulfonoxyaryl, or alkoxyalkyl;Ring B is an imidazoline ring or a tetrahydropyrimidine ring;and at least one, or both, of R2 and R3 must be attached to a chiral carbon, of either (R) or (S) absolute configuration.