The reaction of α-nitroolefins with triethyl or diethyl phosphite was studied and structural assignment of the products was made by spectroscopic analyses. Ethyl α, β-unsaturated α- nitrocarboxylates (IV) and 1-nitroalkenes (V) reacted with triethyl phosphite to afford ethyl β- diethoxyphosphinyl-α, β-unsaturated-carboxylates (IX) and 2-diethoxyphosphinyl-1-alkenes (X), respectively. Compound (IV) reacted with diethyl phosphite to give ethyl β- ...
[Yamashita, Mitsuji; Kojima, Mitsumasa; Yoshida, Hiroshi; Ogata, Tsuyoshi; Inokawa, Saburo Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1980 , vol. 53, # 6 p. 1625 - 1628]