Synthesis

An efficient synthesis of dialkyl 2-oxoalkanephosphonates and diphenyl-2-oxoalkylphosphine oxides from 1-chloralkyl ketones

B Corbel, L Medinger, JP Haelters, G Sturtz

Index: Corbel, Bernard; Medinger, Luc; Haelters, Jean Pierre; Sturtz, Georges Synthesis, 1985 , # 11 p. 1048 - 1051

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Abstract

Dialkyl 2-oxoalkanephosphonates (5; R*= O-alkyl) and diphenyl-2-oxoalkylphosphine oxides (5; R*= C, H,) are useful intermediates for the synthesis of x f-unsaturated ketones via the Wittig-Horner reaction". They have also been used successfully in the liquid-liquid extraction of metals".