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HRID 617898Generated: October 30, 2026

Formaldehyde → Diethyl phosphonomethanol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantDiethylphosphiteHCID 3780918—
SolventTriethylamineHCID 8471—
ProductDiethyl phosphonomethanolHCID 7651381.3%

Reaction Steps

69.05 g of diethyl phosphite were reacted with 14.5 g of paraformaldehyde and 6.96 ml of triethylamine analogously to the process described in Example 1A). 66.02 g of diethyl hydroxymethylphosphonate were obtained which, after drying in a high vacuum, was reacted further without additional purification.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05952327
Source datasetuspto-grants-1999_09
ORD IDord-4681e66f69af4f64b7596eabdbc90932
Source noteuspto-grants-1999_09