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Dimethyl phosphite may be used as an effective alternative to organic tin hydrides as radical reducing agents for organic halides, thionoesters, and isocyanides to form the corresponding hydrocarbons. Radical translocation/cyclization reactions of terminal alkynes to form cyclic phosphonates can also be effectively carried using dimethyl phosphite as a reagent under tin-free condition.

Dimethyl phosphite is used in the synthesis of α-aminophosphonates, which are medicinally important phosphorus analogs of amino acids, by treating with an amine and an aldehyde or a ketone. It can also be employed in asymmetric hydrophosphonylation of aldehydes to synthesize optically active α-hydroxy phosphonates.