PROCESS FOR PREPARING ETHYLENEDIALKYLPHOSPHINIC ACIDS, ESTERS AND SALTS BY MEANS OF ACETYLENE AND USE THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to a process for preparing ethylenedialkylphosphinic acids, ethylenedialkylphosphinic esters and ethylenedialkylphosphinic salts, characterized in that a) a phosphinic acid source (I) is reacted with olefins (IV) in the presence of a catalyst A to give an alkylphosphonous acid, its salt or ester (II), b) the resultant alkylphosphonous acid, its salt or ester (II) is reacted with an acetylenic compound (V) in the presence of a catalyst B, to give the ethylenedialkylphosphinic acid derivative (III), where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R11, R12, R13 and R14 are identical or different and independently of one another inter alia are H, C1-C18-alkyl, C6-C18-aryl, C6-C18-aralkyl, C6-C18-alkylaryl and X is H, C1-C18-alkyl, C6-C18-aryl, C6-C18-aralkyl, C6-C18-alkylaryl, Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Cu, Ni, Li, Na, K and/or a protonated nitrogen base, and the catalyst A comprises transition metals and/or transition-metal compounds and/or catalyst systems which are composed of a transition metal and/or a transition-metal compound and at least one ligand, and the catalyst B comprises peroxide-forming compounds and/or peroxo compounds and/or azo compounds.