J. Carran et al., AN IMPROVED SYNTHESIS OF DICHLOROALKYLPHOSPHONATES, CHLOROALKYNES ANDTERMINAL ALKYNES VIA DIETHYL DICHLOROMETHYLPHOSPHONATE, Synthesis, (12), 1996, pp. 1494
Diethyl 1,1-dichloromethylphosphonate (2) was synthesised in good yiel
d from the reduction of 1,1,1-trichloromethylphosphonate (1) with i-C3
H7MgCl and subsequent hydrolysis. The reactivity of 2 towards alpha-al
kylation and its utility in the synthesis of chloroalkynes and termina
l alkynes was investigated.