Abstract: | The condensation of 2‐ethoxyethenyl‐ phosphonic dichloride with resorcinol and its derivatives in dichloromethane in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid results in the formation of new bicyclic phosphonates with an endocyclic P C bond. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 22:1–4, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com . DOI 10.1002/hc.20646 |