Hydrochloric Acid → ((3-Trifluoromethyl)phenyl)methyl-phosphonic acid

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Diethyl 3-trifluoromethylbenzylphosphonate (3.0 g, 10.0 mmol) was dissolved in a mixture; of 50 mL of conc hydrochloric acid and 1.5 mL of EtOH and was heated at reflux for 17 hours. After cooling the clear reaction mixture in an ice-water mixture, the white crystalline solid which formed was collected to give 2.05 g (84.3%) of the analytical product, mp=163°-164° C. 300 MHz 1H NMR (DMSO-D6) δ, 7.40-7.75 (m, 4H, aromatic), 3.09 (d, 2H, J=21.5 Hz, PCH2). D.C.I.M.S.[MH+, 241].

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