tert-Butyl bromoacetate → Tert-butyl 3,3-bis(dimethoxyphosphoryl)propanoate

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To an ice cooled solution of bis(dimethoxyphosphoryl)methane (4.64 g, 20 mmol) and tert-butyl bromoacetate (7.35 ml, 50 mmol) in dry THF (40 ml) under nitrogen was added potassium tert-butoxide (5.8 g, 43 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight and then quenched with 4 ml of saturated ammonium chloride. The volatiles were removed in vacuum and by two cycles of toluene addition and evaporation. Flash chromatography in dichloromethane:methanol, 95:5 on gave the product as an oil. Yield 4.0 g.

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