PAPER	Synthesis 2003: 0205-0208 DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-36818
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Mercury(II)-Catalyzed Regioselective Addition Reaction of Monoesters of Phosphonic Acid to Terminal Alkynes: Synthesis of Vinyl Phosphonates
Aiyun Peng, Yixiang Ding*
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, China e-Mail: dingyx@pub.sioc.ac.cn;
Received 19 September 2002

Abstract

Vinyl phosphonates 3a-l were prepared by the regioselective addition reaction of monoesters of phosphonic acid to alkynes in the presence of Hg(OAc)₂/BF₃·OEt₂.

Key words

mercury(II)-catalyzed - addition reaction - regioselective - vinyl phosphonate