Table 2.
Investigation of the reaction between compound 12, phosphonoacetates 8 and BTMS.a
| entry | R1 | R2 | TEA | ratio 12:21 |
| 1 | t-Bu | Et | 6 | 0.18:0.82 |
| 2 | t-Bu | Et | 3 | 0.58:0.42 |
| 3 | t-Bu | Et | – | 1:0 |
| 4 | Et | iPr | 10 | 1:0 |
aReactions carried out for 24 h at 35 °C in the presence of the appropriate phosphonoacetate (see Scheme 5) using distilled BTMS.