Abstract Phosphinous acid esters of the type (R 2 P single bond O single bond) n ER′ 4− n (E= Si, Ge, Sn) are prepared by three different methods: 1. reaction of the alkali-phosphinites with R′ 3 ECl, 2. reaction of the sec-phosphine oxides with organochlorosilanes in the presence of triethylamine, 3. reaction of the sec-phosphine oxides with organotin amides. The reactions of these compounds with H 2 O 2, sulfur, H 2 O, CH 3 I, HgBr 2, SOCl 2, CS ...
[Ramage, Robert; Atrash, Butrus; Hopton, David; Parrot, Maxwell J. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1985 , p. 1217 - 1226]