Diethyl benzylphosphonate

UsesDiethyl benzylphosphonate is used as a reactant for synthesis of 3,5-dihydroxy-4-isopropylstilbene for treatment of skin disorders and natural cytotoxic marine products of polyketide origin via intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions. It is also used as reactant for cyclization of aryl ethers, amines and amides & for investigating the effects of functional groups on the performance of clue organic LEDs.

UsesReactant for synthesis of: 3,5-dihydroxy-4-isopropylstilbene for treatment of skin disorders Natural cytotoxic marine products of polyketide origin via intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions Stilbenes via on-column oxidation of vicinal diols and Horner-Emmons reactions Inhibitors of teh Wnt pathway for colon cancer repression using Wadsworth-Emmons reactions Antimalarial drug analogs against P. falciparumReactant for:Cyclization of aryl ethers, amines, and amidesInvestigating the effects of functional groups on the performance of clue organic LEDs

PreparationDiethyl benzylphosphonate was synthesized according to the previously published procedure [1]. Benzylphosphonic acid (1 mmol, 172 mg) and triethyl orthoacetate (30 mmol, 5.5 mL) were mixed overnight at 90 °C. The completion of the reaction was monitored by 31P NMR. After the completion of the reaction, an excess of the orthoester was evaporated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified via a short silica gel column (hexanes/ethyl acetate). The compound 1 was isolated as a transparent oil with 98% yield (0.98 mmol, 224 mg). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.39–7.14 (m, 5H), 3.94 (dq, JH-P = 7.9, JH-H = 7.0, 4H), 3.21 (d, JH-P = 21.6 Hz, 2H), 1.16 (t, JH-H = 7.0 Hz, 6H); 13C NMR (101 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 132.3 (d, JC-P = 9.0 Hz), 129.7 (d, JC-P = 6.6 Hz), 128.2 (d, JC-P = 3.0 Hz), 126.4 (d, JC-P = 3.4 Hz), 61.3 (d, JC-P = 6.5 Hz), 32.3 (d, JC-P = 135.1 Hz), 16.1 (d, JC-P = 5.8 Hz); 31P NMR (162 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 26.5. The NMR data are in accordance with those reported in literature [2].