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under 500 W irradiation at 100 °C for 1 h. The reaction mixture was
concentrated in vacuo and purified by column chromatography on
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silica gel to give 6 as a brown oil (>99%). Rf (ethyl acetate) = 0.6; 1H
NMR (500 MHz; CDCl3) d: 7.16 (m, 4H), 6.13 (m, 2H), 5.1 (ddd, 1H,
J = 7.6, 5.3 and 3 Hz), 4.14 (m, 4H), 3.88 (m, 1H), 3.57 (tdd, 1H,
J = 7, 4.1 and 1.9 Hz), 2.33 (s, 3H), 1.28 (m, 6H); 13C NMR
(125 MHz; CDCl3) d: 147.76, 133.1, 130.99, 126.47, 126.34 (d,
JC–P = 10 Hz), 125.85, 122.87 (d, JC–P = 5 Hz), 118.57, 75.68 (d,
JC–P = 160 Hz), 63.49 (d, JC–P = 6.2 Hz), 62.86 (d, JC–P = 6.2 Hz),
52.15 (d, JC–P = 2.8 Hz), 18.33, 16.61 (dd, JC–P = 5.7 Hz); 31P NMR
(121 MHz; CDCl3, H3PO4) d: 18.2; IR (NaCl, m, cmÀ1) 2935, 1495,
1454, 1209, 1068; ESI HRMS m/z for C15H22NO4PNa, [M+Na+]:
calcd 334.1184; found 334.1171.
23. Procedure for (Z)-diethyl 4-(o-tolylamino)-1-hydroxybut-2-enyl-phos-
phonate 10: To a solution of 6 (6.4 mmol) in a AcOH/water 1:2
mixture (90 cm3) was added zinc dust (10.2 mmol). The reaction
mixture was heated at 70 °C for 12 h with vigorous stirring. The
mixture was cooled down (20 °C) and solid K2CO3 was added
portionwise to pH 7, and then 3 N aqueous KOH to pH 9. The
mixture was then extracted with ethyl acetate (3 Â 50 cm3). The
organic phase was dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo,
affording 10 as a brown solid (>99%). Rf (ethyl acetate) = 0.32; mp
72–73 °C; 1H NMR (500 MHz; CDCl3): 7.15–7.07 (m, 2H), 6.73–6.64
(m, 2H), 5.89 (td, 1H, J = 10.1 and 6.1 Hz), 5.73 (m, 1H), 4.83 (t, 1H,
J = 10 and 7.5 Hz), 4.23–4.19 (m, 4H), 3.94–3.85 (m, 2H), 2.18 (s,
3H), 1.36 (t, 6H, J = 7.1 Hz); 13C NMR (125 MHz; CDCl3) d: 145.97,
132.32 (d, JC–P = 12.6 Hz), 130.52, 127.53 (d, JC–P = 3.8 Hz), 123.20,
118.14, 110.75, 66.13 (d, JC–P = 160.9 Hz), 63.52 (t, JC–P = 7.9 Hz),
41.12, 17.89, 16.86 (d, JC–P = 5.5 Hz); 31P NMR (121 MHz; CDCl3,
H3PO4) d: 23.05; IR (NaCl, m, cmÀ1) 3323, 1605, 1514, 1238, 1051; ESI
HRMS m/z for C15H24NO4PNa [M+Na+]: calcd 336.1341; found
336.1342.
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2883.
26. Procedure for diethyl 2,5-dihydro-1-o-tolyl-1-pyrrol-2-yl-2-phosphonate
12: To a solution of 10 (0.91 mmol), imidazole (0.91 mmol), triethyl-
amine (0.91 mmol) and freshly recrystallized CBr4 (0.91 mmol) in
dry dichloromethane (5 cm3) was added portionwise PPh3
(0.91 mmol) at 20 °C for 10 min. After 15 h, the reaction mixture
was concentrated in vacuo, diluted with AcOEt, washed with 10%
aqueous NH4Cl (1Â), brine (1Â) and water (2Â). The organic layer
was dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The oily
residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel to give
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18. Procedure for diethyl syn-4,5-dihydroxy-2-o-tolyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-
1,2-oxazin-6-yl-6-phosphonate 7: A solution of 6 (9.4 mmol) in acetone
(30 cm3) was treated successively by water (20 cm3), NMO
(20.68 mmol) and K2OsO2(OH)4 (0.47 mmol) at room temperature.
After 24 h, toluene (30 cm3) was added and concentrated in vacuo.
The resulting dark oil was directly purified by column chromatogra-
phy on silica gel to give 7 as a slightly yellow oil (>95%). Rf (ethyl
acetate/iPrOH 95:5) = 0.43; 1H NMR (500 MHz; CD3CN) d: 7.54 (m,
4H), 4.55 (dd, 1H, J = 10.3 and 9.6 Hz), 4.12 (m, 5H), 3.97 (ddd, 1H,
J = 12.9, 8.4 and 4.4 Hz), 3.86 (large s, 1H), 3.55 (large s, 1H), 3.4 (dd,
2H, J = 7.1 and 2.8 Hz), 2.36 (s, 3H), 1.30 (t, 3H, J = 6.9 Hz), 1.26 (t,
3H, J = 7.1 Hz); 13C NMR (125 MHz; CD3CN) d: 148.28, 134.28,
131.54, 127.17, 126.8, 119.22, 76.41 (d, JC–P = 158.1 Hz), 67.76 (d,
JC–P = 13.8 Hz), 66.9 (d, JC–P = 11.3 Hz), 63.81 (d, JC–P = 6.7 Hz),
63.44 (d, JC–P = 6.3 Hz), 58.54, 18.04, 16.65 (d, JC–P = 5.8 Hz); 31P
NMR (121 MHz; CDCN, H3PO4) d: 20.37; IR (NaCl, m, cmÀ1) 3389,
2982, 1489, 1230, 1047, 976; ESI HRMS m/z for C15H24NO6PNa
[M+Na+]: calcd 368.1239; found 368.1245.
19. This structure has been deposited at the Cambridge Crystallographic
Data Centre with the number 666038.
20. Procedure for diethyl 4-(o-tolylamino)-1,2,3-trihydroxybutylphospho-
nate 9: A solution of 7 (1.6 mmol) in ethanol (25 cm3) was stirred for
15 h at room temperature under H2 atmosphere in the presence of
Pd–C as catalyst (5 mol %). Afterwards, the reaction mixture was
concentrated in vacuo and purified by column chromatography on
silica gel to give 7 as a white solid (>99%). Rf (ethyl acetate/iPrOH
95:5) = 0.6; mp 105–106 °C; 1H NMR (500 MHz; CDCl3) d: 7.04 (m,
2H), 6.65 (m, 2H), 4.39 (br s, 3H), 4.14 (m, 6H), 3.96 (m, 1H), 3.47
(dd, 1H J = 12.6 and 4.2 Hz), 3.22 (dd, 1H, J = 12.6 and 6.5 Hz), 2.12
(s, 3H), 1.28 (dt, 6H, J = 7.1 and 3.9 Hz); 13C NMR (125 MHz;
CDCl3) d: 146.23, 130.33, 127.29, 123.49, 118.17, 111.23, 73.77, 71.19,
71.12, 69.54 (d, JC–P = 158.3 Hz), 63.70 (d, JC–P = 6.9 Hz), 63.31 (d,
JC–P = 6.9 Hz), 46.56, 17.73, 16.62 (t, JC–P = 6.1 Hz); 31P NMR
(121 MHz; CDCl3, H3PO4) d: 24.62; IR (NaCl, m, cmÀ1) 3366, 1608,
1514, 1213, 1028; ESI HRMS m/z for C15H27NO6P [M+H+]: calcd
348.1576; found 348.1577.
12 as a yellow oil (75%). Rf (dichloromethane/ethyl acetate
3:1) = 0.33; 1H NMR (500 MHz; CDCl3): d 7.09 (ddd, 2H, J = 12,
9.9 and 4.7 Hz), 6.91 (dt, 2H, J = 7.2 and 1.9 Hz), 5.99 (tq, 1H,
J = 6.1 and 3.1 Hz), 5.99–5.95 (m, 1H), 5.02 (dq, 1H, J = 5.9, 5.8 and
2.3 Hz), 4.58–4.41 (m, 1H), 3.92 (m, 4H), 3.70 (tddd, 1H, J = 19.5,
14.1, 3.7, and 2 Hz), 2.33 (s, 3H), 1.13 (dt, 6H, J = 7.1 and 5.5 Hz);
13C NMR (125 MHz; CDCl3) d: 149.02 (d, JC–P = 2.7 Hz), 133.52,
131.40, 129.87 (d, JC–P = 11.3 Hz), 126.70, 124.46 (d, JC–P = 5.6 Hz),
123.33, 120.71, 66.18 (d, JC–P = 168.3 Hz), 62.65 (d, JC–P = 7.1 Hz),
62.65 (d, JC–P = 7.3 Hz), 61.87, 19.54, 16.50 (dd, JC–P = 11.7 and
5.7 Hz); 31P NMR (121 MHz; CDCl3, H3PO4) d: 21.98; IR (NaCl, m,
cmÀ1) 3446, 2249, 1493, 1240, 1055, 1026; ESI MS m/z (%) for
C
15H23NO3P [M+H+]: 296.12 (10), 279.27 (100).
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