Jkf. Geirsson et Jt. Njardarson, A FACILE SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA-PHOSPHONO ESTERS THROUGH METHOXYCARBONYLATION OF ALPHA-PHOSPHONO CARBANIONS, Tetrahedron letters, 35(48), 1994, pp. 9071-9072
This paper describes a concise and effective synthesis of methyl alpha
-phosphonoaryl acetates, effected by reacting alpha-phosphono carbanio
ns with methyl chloroformate. Yields are high, and the purification of
the products is readily achieved with column chromatography.