K. Lee et Df. Wiemer, A CONVENIENT PREPARATION OF ALPHA-PHOSPHONO ESTERS AND LACTONES VIA C-P BOND FORMATION, Phosphorus, sulfur and silicon and the related elements, 75(1-4), 1993, pp. 87-90
The reaction of ester and lactone enolates with diethyl phosphorochlor
idite, followed by air oxidation of the immediate reaction products, h
as proven to be a general alternative to the traditional Arbuzov synth
esis of alpha-phosphono esters and lactones.