ChemInform Abstract: Silver-Catalyzed Direct Regioselective Phosphonation of β-Aryl-α,β-unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds with H-Phosphites under Microwave Irradiation

An efficient protocol for silver-catalyzed direct radical phosphonation of β-aryl-α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds with H -phosphites to afford trans -substituted alkenylphosphonates under microwave irradiation is described. Some notable features of this method are high efficiency, good yield, broad functional groups tolerance, commercially available and cheap catalyst.