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Dimethyl phosphite

98%

Synonym(s):

Dimethoxyphosphine oxide, Dimethyl hydrogen phosphite, Dimethyl hydrogen phosphonate, Dimethyl phosphonate, Hydrogen dimethyl phosphite

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Linear Formula:
(CH3O)2P(O)H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
110.05
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1697490
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22
form:
liquid
assay:
98%

Quality Level

assay

98%

form

liquid

impurities

≤0.5% trimethyl phosphate
≤1% methyl alcohol

refractive index

n20/D 1.402 (lit.)

bp

170-171 °C (lit.)

density

1.2 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[H]P(=O)(OC)OC

InChI

1S/C2H7O3P/c1-4-6(3)5-2/h6H,1-2H3

InChI key

HZCDANOFLILNSA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Dimethyl phosphite is used in the synthesis of α-aminophosphonates, which are medicinally important phosphorus analogs of amino acids, by treating with an amine and an aldehyde or a ketone. It can also be employed in asymmetric hydrophosphonylation of aldehydes to synthesize optically active α-hydroxy phosphonates.
Dimethyl phosphite may be used as an effective alternative to organic tin hydrides as radical reducing agents for organic halides, thionoesters, and isocyanides to form the corresponding hydrocarbons. Radical translocation/cyclization reactions of terminal alkynes to form cyclic phosphonates can also be effectively carried using dimethyl phosphite as a reagent under tin-free condition.

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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Carc. 2 - Muta. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

158.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

70 °C - closed cup

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Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter


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Microwave-assisted solvent-free and catalyst-free Kabachnik?Fields reactions for α-amino phosphonates.
Mu X J, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 47(7), 1125-1127 (2006)
Synthesis of an Optically Active C1?Symmetric Al (salalen) Complex and Its Application to the Catalytic Hydrophosphonylation of Aldehydes.
Saito B and Katsuki T
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), 117(29), 4676-4678 (2005)
Zirconium (IV) compounds as efficient catalysts for synthesis of α-aminophosphonates.
Bhagat S and Chakraborti A K
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73(15), 6029-6032 (2008)
Ming Xie et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 181(1-3), 975-980 (2010-06-18)
Nanofiltration (NF) was investigated for the removal of glyphosate in the neutralization liquor produced by the glycine-dimethylphosphit process. The Desal-5 DK membrane was chosen as the most suitable membrane for the NF process when compared to the DL and NTR7450
Igor Pastirk et al.
Applied optics, 46(19), 4041-4045 (2007-06-16)
Phase-shaped femtosecond laser pulses and mass spectrometry were implemented as a tool for improving molecular identification. We demonstrate that the specific lines in the mass spectra of several chemical warfare simulants are sensitive to the phase characteristics of the incident

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