Diethyl benzylphosphonate is used as a reactant for synthesis of 3,5-dihydroxy-4-isopropylstilbene for treatment of skin disorders and natural cytotoxic marine products of polyketide origin via intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions. It is also used as reactant for cyclization of aryl ethers, amines and amides & for investigating the effects of functional groups on the performance of clue organic LEDs.
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Applications
Diethyl benzylphosphonate is used as a reactant for synthesis of 3,5-dihydroxy-4-isopropylstilbene for treatment of skin disorders and natural cytotoxic marine products of polyketide origin via intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions. It is also used as reactant for cyclization of aryl ethers, amines and amides & for investigating the effects of functional groups on the performance of clue organic LEDs.
Solubility
Insoluble in water.
Notes
Stable under recommended storage conditions. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Stefan Lis; Zbigniew Piskuła; Zbigniew Hnatejko. Spectroscopic studies of lanthanides complexes with diethyl benzylphosphonate and diethylphosphonoacetic acid. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2008, 451, (1-2),388-394
- Tekla Bottin-Strzalko; Jacqueline Seyden-Penne; Marie-Jose Pouet; Marie Paule Simonnin. Structural studies of carbanionic species formed from phosphonates: anions of diethyl benzyl- and cyanomethylphosphonates. J. Org. Chem. 1978, 43, (22),4346-4351
- Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction (see Appendix 1) with aromatic aldehydes gives stilbenes, almost exclusively trans: J. Org. Chem., 30, 680 (1965); J. Am. Chem. Soc., 83, 1733 (1961); 96, 1459 (1974). NaH + 15-crown-5 in THF promotes reaction with aldehydes and ketones at room temperature in excellent yields: Synthesis, 117 (1981). Phase-transfer reaction with cinnamaldehydes, using tetra-n-butylammonium iodide and NaOH gives diarylbutadienes: Synthesis, 187 (1976).
- See also 15-Crown-5, A12265.