Ethyl orthoformate → Diethyl diethoxymethylphosphonate

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a flask containing triethyl orthoformate (23.6 gm; 0.16 mole) equipped with a magnetic stirrer, condensor, and nitrogen atmosphere, is added diethyl chloro phosphite (25 gm; 0.16 mole) over 15-30 minutes and an extremely exothermic reaction occurs. The reaction solution is then heated at 135° C. for 3 hours. The resulting solution is distilled using a Kugelrohr distillation apparatus at 80° C. (0.01 mm Hg) to yield 32 gm of diethoxymethylphosphonic acid diethyl ester (31P NMR 13.2 ppm).

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