Mesityl oxide → 2-Oxo-2-ethoxy-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-diethylphosphono-1,2-oxaphospholane

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To a mixture of 2.36 grams (10 m moles) of 4-methyl-4-diethylphosphonopentan-2-one (prepared from 1 mole of mesityl oxide and 1 mole of diethyl phosphite by the procedure of A. N. Pudovik, Zhurn Obshch. Khim., 22, 1371 (1952) and 1.64 grams (11.9 m moles) of diethyl phosphite was added 0.30 gram of ethanolic sodium ethoxide solution containing 0.75 m moles of sodium ethoxide. A spontaneous exothermic reaction took place immediately. After 5 minutes the reaction mixture was analyzed by gas phase chromatography and was shown to contain over 70% of the desired 2-oxo-2-ethoxy-3,3,5-trimethyl-5-diethyl-phosphono-1,2-oxaphospholane. The product was then isolated by vacuum distillation as described in Example 3.

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