“…This was obtained as a brown oil from [1-dimethylamino-2-(5-methylthiophen-2-yl)-vinyl]-phosphonic acid diethyl ester (1% yield) and was used immediately in the subsequent reaction without further purification;29 IR (KBr disk) m max : 1705.90 cm À1 (-C@O); 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ) d 2.49 (s, 3H, CH 3 ), 3.83 (s, 2H, CH 2 ), 6.65 (d, 1H, J = 2.52, ArH), 6.77 (d, 1H, J = 2.52, ArH); 13 C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl 3 ) d 15.29 (CH 3 ), 35.25 (CH 2 ), 124.99, 127.19, 131.63, 139.95, 177.04 (C@O).…”