Diphenylphosphite is a diorganophosphite with the formula (C₆H₅O)₂P(O)H. The molecule is

tetrahedral In geometry, a tetrahedron (plural: tetrahedra or tetrahedrons), also known as a triangular pyramid, is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, six straight edges, and four vertex corners. The tetrahedron is the simplest of all the o ...

. It is a colorless viscous liquid. The compounds can be prepared by treating

phosphorus trichloride Phosphorus trichloride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula PCl3. A colorless liquid when pure, it is an important industrial chemical, being used for the manufacture of phosphites and other organophosphorus compounds. It is toxic a ...

with phenol. Many analogues can be prepared similarly. One illustrative reaction, diphenylphosphite, aldehydes, and amines react to afford

aminophosphonate Aminophosphonates are organophosphorus compounds with the formula (RO)2P(O)CR'2NR"2. These compounds are structural analogues of amino acids in which a carboxylic moiety is replaced by phosphonic acid or related groups. Acting as antagonists of a ...

s (

Kabachnik–Fields reaction In organophosphorus chemistry, the Kabachnik–Fields reaction is a three-component organic reaction forming aminophosphonate, α-aminomethylphosphonates from an amine, a carbonyl compound, and a phosphite ester, dialkyl phosphonate, (RO)2P(O)H (tha ...

).{{cite journal, title=An Extremely Efficient Three-Component Reaction of Aldehydes/Ketones, Amines, and Phosphites Kabachnik-Fields reaction for the Synthesis of α-Aminophosphonates Catalyzed by Magnesium Perchlorate, authors=Bhagat, Srikant; Chakraborti, Asit K., journal=Journal of Organic Chemistry, year=2007, volume=72, issue=4 , pages=1263–1270, doi=10.1021/jo062140i, pmid=17253748

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Organophosphites

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