Potassium Carbonate → [4-Oxo-4-phenyl-3-(2-pyridinyl)butylidene]bisphosphonic acid tetraethyl ester hemihydrate

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Ethenylidenebisphosphonic acid tetraethyl ester (I, 3.00 g), 1-phenyl-2-(2-pyridinyl)ethanone (II, 2.17 g) and potassium carbonate (2.07 g) are stirred in methanol (20 ml) overnight. The reaction is concentrated under reduced pressure, taken up in ethyl acetate, washed with sodium chloride, dried with magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The product is chromatographed eluting with ethyl acetate. The appropriate fractions are pooled and concentrated to give the title compound, MS (m/e) 497, 452, 392, 302 and 288; IR (neat) 2983, 1683, 1597, 1580, 1470, 1448 and 1253 cm-1 ; NMR (CDCl3) 8.52, 8.02, 7.60, 7.49, 7.37, 7.11, 5.46, 4.12, 2.75, 2.55, 1.36, 1.25 and 1.16 δ.

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