Abstract
This article describes a convenient preparation of diethyl (2‐thienyl)methanephosphonate in 88% overall yield.
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Acknowledgments
Financial support from the Office of Naval Research is gratefully acknowledged. M. C. D. thanks several people in NAWCWD: Geoffrey A. Lindsay for advice and encouragement throughout the course of this work; Robert D. Chapman and Andrew P. Chafin for proofreading this manuscript; and librarian Patricia Backes for help finding the federal emission standards.