A. Kers et al., STUDIES ON ARYL H-PHOSPHONATES .2. A GENERAL-METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF ALKYL H-PHOSPHONATE MONOESTERS, Synthesis, (4), 1995, pp. 427-430
A simple and efficient synthetic method for the preparation of alkyl H
-phosphonate monoesters has been developed. The method consists of tra
nsesterification of commercially available diphenyl H-phosphonate with
an appropriate alcohol under mild conditions, followed by ammonolysis
of the in situ formed dialkyl and alkyl phenyl H-phosphonates.