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Preferred IUPAC name
Diethyl phosphonate | |
Other names
diethyl phosphonite; DEP; Phosphonic acid, diethyl ester
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.010.992 |
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Properties | |
C4H11O3P | |
Molar mass | 138.103 g·mol−1 |
Appearance | colorless liquid |
Density | 1.072 g/cm3 |
Boiling point | 50-51 °C at 2 mm Hg |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Diethyl phosphite is the organophosphorus compound with the formula (C2H5O)2P(O)H. It is a popular reagent for generating other organophosphorus compounds, exploiting the high reactivity of the P-H bond. Diethyl phosphite is a colorless liquid. [1] The molecule is tetrahedral.
The compound was probably prepared in the 1850s by combining phosphorus trichloride and ethanol, but intentional preparations came later. It arises as follows: [2]
Under similar conditions but in the presence of base, triethyl phosphite results: [3]
Many analogues of diethyl phosphite can be prepared. [4] [5] Despite being named as a phosphite the compound exists overwhelmingly in its phosphonate form, (C2H5O)2P(O)H, a property it shares with its parent acid phosphorous acid. Nonetheless many of its reactions appear to proceed via the minor phosphorus(III) tautomer. [6]
Diethyl phosphite hydrolyzes to give phosphorous acid. Hydrogen chloride accelerates this conversion.: [2]
Diethyl phosphite undergoes transesterification upon treating with an alcohol. For alcohols of high boiling points, the conversion can be driven by removal of ethanol: [8]
Similarly amines can displace ethoxide: [9]
Diethyl phosphite undergoes deprotonation with potassium tert-butoxide. This reactivity allows alkylation at phosphorus ( Michaelis–Becker reaction): [10]
For converting aryl halides, palladium-catalysis can be employed. [1] The C-P coupling process is reminiscent of the Buchwald-Hartwig amination.
Reaction of diethyl phosphite with Grignard reagents results in initial deprotonation followed by displacement of the ethoxy groups. [11] [12] This reactivity provides a route to secondary phosphine oxides, such as dimethylphosphine oxide as shown in the following pair of idealized equations:
Diethyl phosphite can add across unsaturated groups via a hydrophosphonylation reaction. For example, it adds to aldehydes in a manner similar to the Abramov reaction:
It can also add to imines in the Pudovik reaction and Kabachnik–Fields reaction, [13] in both cases forming aminophosphonates
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Names | |
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Preferred IUPAC name
Diethyl phosphonate | |
Other names
diethyl phosphonite; DEP; Phosphonic acid, diethyl ester
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Identifiers | |
3D model (
JSmol)
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4-01-00-01329 | |
ChemSpider | |
ECHA InfoCard | 100.010.992 |
PubChem
CID
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UNII | |
CompTox Dashboard (
EPA)
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Properties | |
C4H11O3P | |
Molar mass | 138.103 g·mol−1 |
Appearance | colorless liquid |
Density | 1.072 g/cm3 |
Boiling point | 50-51 °C at 2 mm Hg |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Diethyl phosphite is the organophosphorus compound with the formula (C2H5O)2P(O)H. It is a popular reagent for generating other organophosphorus compounds, exploiting the high reactivity of the P-H bond. Diethyl phosphite is a colorless liquid. [1] The molecule is tetrahedral.
The compound was probably prepared in the 1850s by combining phosphorus trichloride and ethanol, but intentional preparations came later. It arises as follows: [2]
Under similar conditions but in the presence of base, triethyl phosphite results: [3]
Many analogues of diethyl phosphite can be prepared. [4] [5] Despite being named as a phosphite the compound exists overwhelmingly in its phosphonate form, (C2H5O)2P(O)H, a property it shares with its parent acid phosphorous acid. Nonetheless many of its reactions appear to proceed via the minor phosphorus(III) tautomer. [6]
Diethyl phosphite hydrolyzes to give phosphorous acid. Hydrogen chloride accelerates this conversion.: [2]
Diethyl phosphite undergoes transesterification upon treating with an alcohol. For alcohols of high boiling points, the conversion can be driven by removal of ethanol: [8]
Similarly amines can displace ethoxide: [9]
Diethyl phosphite undergoes deprotonation with potassium tert-butoxide. This reactivity allows alkylation at phosphorus ( Michaelis–Becker reaction): [10]
For converting aryl halides, palladium-catalysis can be employed. [1] The C-P coupling process is reminiscent of the Buchwald-Hartwig amination.
Reaction of diethyl phosphite with Grignard reagents results in initial deprotonation followed by displacement of the ethoxy groups. [11] [12] This reactivity provides a route to secondary phosphine oxides, such as dimethylphosphine oxide as shown in the following pair of idealized equations:
Diethyl phosphite can add across unsaturated groups via a hydrophosphonylation reaction. For example, it adds to aldehydes in a manner similar to the Abramov reaction:
It can also add to imines in the Pudovik reaction and Kabachnik–Fields reaction, [13] in both cases forming aminophosphonates
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