Dimethyl methylphosphonate → HCID 86652875, compound

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To dimethyl methylphosphonate (1.97 g) was added tetrahydrofuran (THF) (25 mL), and the mixture was cooled to −78° C. n-Butyllithium (1.5 M hexane solution) (10 mL) was added, and the mixture was stirred for 1 hr. Then, a solution of methyl ester {methyl (2R)-2-(m-tolyl)propionate} synthesized in Example 1 (1.34 g) in THF (3.8 mL) was added at −78° C., and the mixture was stirred for 2 hr. The reaction was quenched with 25 mL of saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate 5:1-1:5) to give the title compound (1.63 g). The structural property was as described below.

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