ABSTRACT
n-Butyl methyl-phenylphosphinate and methyl-phenylphosphinic n-butylamide were synthesized by different methods: the reaction of methyl-phenylphosphinic chloride with nBuOH or nBuNH2, respectively, the T3P®-promoted derivatization of methyl-phenylphosphinic acid with nBuOH or nBuNH2, the microwave-assisted direct esterification of the model phosphinic acid, and finally the alkylating esterification with n-butyl bromide under phase-transfer-catalytic and microwave-assisted conditions. The different methods, mostly elaborated by us, were compared from practical and environmentally friendly points of view.