Diethyl (4-chloro-2-nitroanilino)methylphosphonate → Diethyl (2-amino-4-chloroanilino)methylphosphonate

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A solution of [(4-Chloro-2-nitro-phenylamino)-methyl]-phosphonic acid diethyl ester (45g, 0.139 moles) in ethanol (500 mL) was treated under nitrogen at once with 5% Platinum on carbon (1.125 g) and then hydrogenated at 30° C. until the hydrogen uptake ceased. After purging the reaction vessel with nitrogen the reaction mixture was filtered through solka floc. The filter cake was washed with ethanol (100 mL) and the filtrate was used as such for next step without purification.

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