N-Methylethylenediamine → (1-Methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenzo[e][1,4]diazepin-5-ylidenemethyl)phosphonic acid diethyl ester

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A mixture of 10.45 g (38.1 mmol) of [2-(2-fluorophenyl)-2-oxoethyl]phosphonic acid diethyl ester and 14.1 g (190 mmol) N-methylethylenediamine in 100 ml of pyridine was heated at 95° C. for 18 hours. The solvent was evaporated and the residue was partitioned between 200 ml of water and 2×100 ml of dichloromethane. The combined organic portions were dried (magnesium sulphate), filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by column chromatography eluting with 5% methanol/dichloromethane to give 3.14 g (26%) of (1-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenzo[e][1,4]diazepin-5-ylidenemethyl)phosphonic acid diethyl ester as a light brown oil; MS: m/e 311.0 [M+H]+.

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