Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University (Yuquan campus), Hangzhou 310027, PR China
Abstract:
Hydroindation of arylalkynylphosphonates gives a intermediate which can be hydrolyzed to (E)-2-arylvinylphosphonates in InCl3-NaBH4-MeCN system, the stereoselectivity and yield are rather high, but under the same conditions 2-alkylalkynylphosphonates do not react very well.