“…Chromatography of the acid-soluble material gave o-toluidine (2%) followed by diethyl 2-amino-3-methylphenylphosphonate (11, 2%) purified by bulb-to-bulb distillation: nmr (CC14) 7.0-7.4 (overlapping doublet and doublet of doublets, 7.05 d, Jh-h = 8 Hz, 7.0-7.4, d of d, Jh-h = 8, JP-H =' 14 Hz, 2), 6.5 (six-line m, Jh-h " 8, Jh-h ~Jp-H -4. Hz, 1), 5.37 (br s, 2), 4.0 (quintet, 4), 2.10 (s, 3), 1.28 (t, 6). There was also eluted diethyl 4-amino-3-methylphenylphosphonate (12, 10%): mp 81-83°after recrystallization from ether-hexane; nmr (CC14) 7.1-7.7 (d at 7.50, JP_H = 13 Hz, overlapping m, 2), 6.72 (d of d, Jh-h s 8, JH_P = 4 Hz, 1), 4.45 (s, 2), 4.08 (quintet, 4), 2.12 (s, 3), 1.30 (t, 6).…”