R. Waschbusch et al., A HIGH-YIELDING SYNTHESIS OF DIETHYL 1-FLUOROMETHYLPHOSPHONATE IN PURE FORM, COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE C-CHIMIE, 1(1), 1998, pp. 49-52
We describe a high yielding synthesis of the title compound 2 in its p
ure form. The synthesis consists of: a Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction betw
een triethylphosphite and fluorotribromomethane in hexane at 50 degree
s C giving diethyl dibromofluoromethylphosphonate 1 in 79-85 % yield a
nd a halogen-metal exchange reaction between 1 and n-BuLi/ClSiMe3 at -
90 degrees C yielding in 94 % yield.