Diethyl (cyanomethyl)phosphonate → HCID 66824380, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of 1 M of potassium tert-butoxide in THF (67.4 mL) at 0° C. was added dropwise a solution of diethyl cyanomethylphosphonate (11.4 mL, 0.0706 mol) in tetrahydrofuran (100 mL, 1 mol). The reaction mixture was warmed up to room temperature and cooled to 0° C. again. To the resulting mixture, a solution of 3-oxocyclobutanecarbonitrile (6.10 g, 0.0641 mol) in tetrahydrofuran (20 mL, 0.2 mol) was added. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm up to room temperature and stirred for 2 hours. After quenching with water, the mixture was extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic layers were dried and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash silica gel column, eluting with 0-10% MeOH/dichloromethane to give the titled product (5.40 g, 71.26%). LCMS (M+Na) 141.3. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 5.30 (1H, m), 3.40 (2H, m), 3.14 (3H, m) ppm.

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