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Synthesis 1992; 1992(4): 367-368
DOI: 10.1055/s-1992-26111
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An Expedient Synthesis of Diethyl 1-Azidoalkylphosphonates via the Mitsunobu Reaction

Tadeusz Gajda* , Maciej Matusiak
  • *Institute of Organic Chemistry, Technical University (Politechnika), Żwirki 36, PL-90-924 Łódź, Poland
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17 September 2002 (online)

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Diethyl 1-azidoalkylphosphonates were obtained in high yield, and under mild conditions by the reaction of diethyl 1-hydroxyalkyl-phosphonates with hydrazoic acid in the presence of triphenylphosphine/diethyl azodicarboxylate (the Mitsunobu reaction).