Acetic Anhydride → Diethyl[3-(acetylamino)propyl]phosphonate

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97 g. of 3-aminopropanephosphonic acid diethyl ester is dissolved in 400 ml. of dry pyridine and 55 g. of acetic anhydride is added with stirring. The mixture is then boiled for 4 hours with refluxing and freed of the low-boiling components by evaporation in a light vacuum. Gaschromatographically pure N-acetyl-3-aminopropanephosphonic acid diethyl ester is obtained in a 96% yield by shortcut distillation in vacuo. It is a pale yellow, highly viscous oil with a boiling point of 166° to 160° C (0.4 Torr).

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