tert-Butyl hydroperoxide → Diethyl butyrylphosphonate

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To 16.2 g (77 mmol) of diethyl α-hydroxybutylphosphonate and 0.4 g (1.5 mmol) of vanadyl(IV) bis-acetylacetonate in 100 g of chlorobenzene there were added 30.4 g (0.24 mol) of 70 wt % strength aqueous tert-butylhydroperoxide and the mixture was stirred for 4 days. The solvent was removed in vacuo. Yield (in the residue ): 25%

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