Acetamide → (1-Aminoethylidene)bisphosphonic acid

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Into a mixture of 59 gm of acetamide and 82 gm of phosphorous acid, hydrogen chloride gas was introduced therein for a period of 3 hours. During this time the mixture was stirred and the temperature was maintained at 145° - 155° C. By further processing of the reaction mixture, analogously to Example 1, the 1-aminoethane-1,1 -diphosphonic acid was isolated and purified. The yield was 19.2 gm.

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