Ethyl bromoacetate → Ethyl 2-(benzyl((diethoxyphosphoryl)methyl)amino)acetate

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Into a 500-mL 3-necked round-bottom flask, was placed a solution of diethyl (benzylamino)methylphosphonate (intermediate 5.2) (12 g, 46.69 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in acetonitrile (150 mL), DIEA (12 g, 2.00 equiv). This was followed by the addition of ethyl 2-bromoacetate (8.4 g, 50.30 mmol, 1.10 equiv) dropwise with stirring. The mixture was stirred for 30 min at room temperature. The resulting solution was heated to reflux for 6 hr. The resulting mixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was applied onto a silica gel column with ethyl acetate/petroleum ether (1:20 to 1:5). This resulted in 8.0 g (50%) of ethyl 2-(benzyl((diethoxyphosphoryl)methyl)amino)acetate as yellow oil.

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