Aw. Schwabacher et Ad. Stefanescu, IMPROVED PREPARATION OF PHOSPHINATE ESTERS FOR PALLADIUM-CATALYZED CROSS-COUPLING, Tetrahedron letters, 37(4), 1996, pp. 425-428
The reaction between phosphinic acid and trimethyl orthoformate to yie
ld methyl phosphinate shows a pronounced solvent dependence. Condition
s are defined to improve ester purity. t-Butyl phosphinate is also pre
pared cleanly, and its palladium-catalyzed reaction with aryl iodide i
s reported.