Abstract
A new approach to phosphorylation of 2-phenylpyridine was proposed. It is possible to obtain the product of diethyl (2-(pyridin-2-yl)phenyl)phosphonate product in good yield (72%) by this method.
Graphical Abstract
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Russian Science Foundation No 14-23-00016 for financial support and CSF-SAC FRC KSC RAS for the registration of spectra (NMR, ESI, Raman, etc.).