New synthesis of trimethylsilyl esters of phosphorus(III) acids

A novel synthetically important reaction has been developed for the quick, convenient, and high-yield preparation of trimethylsilyl esters of phosphorus(III) acids, synthetically valuable Michaelis–Arbuzov reaction precursors. Commercially and synthetically available initial compounds used are derivatives of propan-2-ol phosphorylated in the second position capable of long-term storage and available silylating reagents: hexamethyldisilazane, bis(trimethylsilyl)acetamide, and diethyl(trimethylsilyl)amine. Also, a stepwise reaction scheme of the starting compounds with silylating reagents has been proposed. Graphic abstract:

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