Wm. Owton et al., TERT-BUTYL 3-CARBOXYETHYL-3-PHOSPHONODIETHYLPROPIONATE - A NOVEL REAGENT FOR STOBBE-LIKE CONDENSATIONS, Synthetic communications, 23(15), 1993, pp. 2119-2125
-Butyl-3-carboxyethyl-3-phosphonodiethylpropionate was prepared and re
acted with a range of aldehydes to give, after hydrolysis, itaconic ha
lf esters.