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Formic acid catalyzed one-pot synthesis of α-aminophosphonates: an efficient, inexpensive and environmental friendly organocatalyst

Jamshid Azarnia Mehraban, Mahsa Sadat Jalali, and Akbar Heydari

Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

E-mail: heydar_a@modares.ac.ir

Abstract: Aqueous formic acid is used for the synthesis of α-aminophosphonates through Kabachnik–Fields reaction applying aromatic amine, phosphite, and carbonyl compounds. Using formic acid as an efficient and low-cost organocatalyst provides environmental friendly, high yields, low reaction time and mild reaction condition. The isolated products were analyzed by IR, NMR, and mass techniques.

Keywords: α-Aminophosphonates ; Formic acid ; Organocatalyst ; Kabachnik–Fields reaction 

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.1007/s11696-018-0434-6

Chemical Papers 72 (9) 2215–2223 (2018)