Selective synthesis of o-acylbenzylphosphonates by insertion reactions of arynes into β-ketophosphonates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo900847u

(Chemical Equation Presented) A mild method for selective synthesis of o-acylbenzylphosphonates has been developed by the reactions of arynes with β-ketophosphonates. In the presence of CsF and THF, the carbon-carbon σ-bonds of 2-oxopropylphosphonates wer