Kinetics of hydrolysis of esters of acetylalkyl- and carboxyalkylphosphonic acids

Conclusions An increased reactivity of esters of acetylmethyl- and carboxymethylphosphonic acids in a spontaneous hydrolysis and of esters of acetylalkylphosphonic acids in alkaline hydrolysis as the result of intramolecular catalysis has been established. Enol forms of the esters participate in the mechanisms of the intramolecular catalysis.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 310–312, February, 1986.The authors wish to express their gratitude to T. Kh. Gazinov for providing esters (I) and (II).