Chlorotrimethylsilane → Ethyl 3-phthalimido-2-trimethylsilyloxy-propyl(ethyl)phosphinate

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A mixture of 4.55 g of anhydrous triethylamine and 5.0 g of ethyl ethylphosphinate in 100 ml of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran under an inert atmosphere is treated with 4.89 g of chlorotrimethylsilane. The resulting suspension is stirred for 20 hours at room temperature and the solid removed by filtration. Concentration in vacuo affords a cloudy, colourless oil which is treated with 5.10 g of anhydrous N-(2,3-epoxypropyl)phthalimide and 1.0 g of anhydrous zinc chloride. The mixture is heated to 66° C. under an inert atmosphere for 3 hours, cooled to 20° and diluted with dichloromethane. The organic solution is washed with 100 ml of a 10% aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate. Removal of the solvents and chromatography on silica gel affords ethyl 3-phthalimido-2-trimethylsilyloxy-propyl(ethyl)phosphinate as a viscous oil.

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