S. Berteverrando et al., GENERAL-SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA,ALPHA-DIDEUTERIATED PHOSPHONIC ESTERS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (7), 1994, pp. 821-824
A range of alpha,alpha-dideuteriated phosphonic esters has been prepar
ed by deuteriolysis of alpha-silylated alpha-phosphonylated carbanions
with D2O as deuterium source. in-most cases, incorporation of deuteri
um is greater than 95% and the yields are good to excellent.:The title
products are potential tracer compounds in many biological and indust
rial applications.