Hydrochloric Acid → bis(3-methylphenyl)phosphinic acid

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Reaction Steps

That is, m-bromotoluene (II) is reacted with metallic magnesium to prepare a Grignard reagent (III) which is then condensed with N,N-diethylamidochlorophosphate (IV) obtained by the process described in G. M. Kosolapoff et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 71, pp. 369-370 (1949), followed by hydrolysis with hydrochloric acid to obtain di-(m-tolyl)phosphinic acid (V). The compound (V) is reacted with thionyl chloride. After removing excess thionyl chloride, the reaction mixture is recrystallized from a mixed solution of benzene and hexane to obtain di-(m-tolyl)phosphonyl chloride (VI).

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