A New Simple Route To N-Substituted 2-Aminoethylphosphonic Acids

Abstract

2-Aminoethylphosphonic acid (AEPA) and its N-substituted compounds were prepared by one step reaction using 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid with ammonia and amines (H₂NMe, HNMeMe, HNEtEt, H₂NPr-n, H₂NCH₂ph, H₂NCH₂CH₂NH₂ and H₂N(C=NH)NH₂ in a dilute alkaline solution below 20 °C with simple work-up and easy purification. The reaction was accelerated by catalytic amount of potassium iodide. The yield for the reaction products were 35.6 to 48.6% for the KI absence and 78.2 to 88.0% for the KI presence.