View all references nevertheless there are often secondary reactions during the subsequent hydrolysis of the phosphonate. The Irani–Moedritzer 13 24. Moedritzer , K. and Irani , R. 1966. J. Org. Chem., 31: 1603 [CrossRef], [Web of Science ®] View all references synthesis is less general than the Kabachnik–Fields reaction, but it has the advantage of giving the aminophosphonic acid directly without a hydrolysis step. The Irani–Moedritzer reaction times are in general ...