Triethylamine → Ethyl 3-phenylpropyl 3-trifluoromethylbenzylphosphonate

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3-trifluoromethylbenzylphosphonic acid mono ethyl ester (1.5 g, 5.6 mmol) was dissolved in 20 mL of CH2Cl2 and cooled to 0° C. under nitrogen. After the oxalyl chloride (8.46 mmol) had been added, 0.04 mL of DMF was slowly added in 3 portions, and the resultant mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. Evaporation in vacuo gave the crude acid chloride which was used without further purification. 3-Phenyl-1-propanol (0.76 g, 5.6 mmol), in 15 mL of CH2Cl2, was added to a cold mixture of crude chloro ethyl 3-trifluoromethylbenzylphosphonate (5.6 mmol), triethylamine (0.85 g, 8.4 mmol), and CH2Cl2 (20 mL) cooled at 0° C. The resultant reaction mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature for 4 hours. Evaporation of the volatile components gave a quantitative yield of the expected product. Purification by column chromatography (silica gel, 25% ethyl acetate/hexane) gave 1.66 g (52.3%) of analytically pure product as a pale yellow oil. D.C.I.M.S.[MH+, 387].

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