Acetic Acid → 3-(Hydroxyamino)propylphosphonic acid

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A mixture of diethyl 3-(N-hydroxyamino)propylphosphonate (12.9 g.), acetic acid (65 ml.) and 1 N hydrochloric acid (130 ml.) was heated to reflux with stirring for 8 hours and then was concentrated under reduced pressure to remove off acetic acid. The concentrate was decolorized by treating with an activated charcoal and evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure to give an oily residue (9.5 g.), which was dissolved in water (30 ml.) and adjusted to pH 4 with sodium bicarbonate (ca. 4.2 g.) to give crystals of 3-(N-hydroxyamino)propylphosphonic acid (4.80 g.), m.p. 160°-163.5° C. (decomp.). An additional crystals of the same object compound (0.91 g.) was recovered from the mother liquor after standing overnight at ambient temperature (m.p. 159°-163° C. (decomp.)). The I.R. and N.M.R. spectra of these crystals were superimposable with those of the authentic specimen (m.p. 160°-166° C. (decomp.)).

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