Cyanide ion catalyzed addition of acylphosphonates to diethyl
cyanophosphonate furnished phosphonocyanohydrin O-phosphates
in high yield. The reaction works via the phosphonate-phosphate
rearrangement, followed by the addition of diethyl cyanophosphonate
to the cyanohydrin phosphate anion.
phosphonocyanohydrins - diethyl cyanophosphonate - addition reactions - acyl phosphonates - nucleophilic
additions