Triethyl phosphite → Phosphonic acid, [(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl]-, diethyl ester

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A mixture of 4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzyl bromide (28.1 g, 100 mmol) and triethyl phosphite (18.27 g, 110 mmol) is heated at 90° C. for 30 minutes while allowing some low boiling materials to distill off. The resultant mixture is heated at 140° C. for 3.5 hours and distilled at 120° C./2 mmHg to give the title product as a syrup (32.1 g, 95% yield) which is identified by NMR spectral analyses.

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