Ethylene Glycol → 2-Hydroxyethyl ethyl(2-cyanoethyl)phosphinate

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441 g (3.0 mol) of ethyl(2-cyanoethyl)phosphinic acid (produced as in Example 5) are at 85° C. dissolved in 400 ml of toluene and admixed with 248 g (4 mol) of ethylene glycol and esterified at about 100° C. in a distillation apparatus equipped with water trap during 4 h. On completion of the esterification the toluene and excess ethyl glycol is removed in vacuo to leave 510 g (89% of theory) of 2-hydroxyethyl ethyl-2-cyanoethylphosphinate as colorless oil.

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