Ethyl chloroformate → Dibenzyl ethoxycarbonylphosphonate

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Ethanol (4.6 g) was added to a fine suspension of sodium metal (2.25 g) in dry ether (200 ml) under an atmosphere of nitrogen. The mixture was heated for 8 hours, after which dibenzylphosphite (25.7 g) in dry ether (50 ml) was added. After standing over-night the dibenzylphosphite sodium salt was added over a period of 2 hours to a cold solution of ethyl chloroformate (10.8 g) in ether, under an atmosphere of nitrogen. The reaction was heated at reflux for 1 hour, cooled, washed with water, a NaCl solution and dried over Na2SO4. The ether was evaporated. After evaporating and discarding components volatile at 0.01 mm and 150° C. the residue was collected (13 g).

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