Water → Butyl ethyl(2-methyl-3-aminopropyl)phosphinate

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Reaction Steps

At room temperature, 2.3 g (0.06 mol) of lithium aluminum hydride in 100 ml absolute diethyl ether in a three-neck flask equipped with stirrer, dropping funnel and high-performance condenser are, while continuously stirring, admixed with a solution of 21.7 g (0.1 mol) of butyl ethyl(2-cyano-2-methylethyl)phosphinate (produced similarly to Example 10) in 100 ml of diethyl ether added dropwise at such a rate that there is a moderate boil of the diethyl ether. This is followed by refluxing for 1 hour and admixing of the reaction solution with 1.8 g (0.1 mol) of water, and the insoluble salts are filtered off, the solvent is removed in vacuo and the product is purified by chromatography to obtain 18.8 g (85% of theory) of butyl ethyl(2-methyl-3-aminopropyl)phosphinate as colorless oil.

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