Sr. Piettre et P. Raboisson, EASY AND GENERAL ACCESS TO ALPHA,ALPHA-DIFLUOROMETHYLENE PHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACIDS - A NEW CLASS OF COMPOUNDS, Tetrahedron letters, 37(13), 1996, pp. 2229-2232
The preparation of dibenzyl alpha,alpha-difluoromethylphosphonothioate
10 from the reaction between the corresponding phosphonate 9 and Lawe
sson's reagent is reported. Treatment of 10 with lithium diisopropylam
ide and a variety of electrophiles demonstrate the possibility of func
tionalizing it. Reductive debenzylation of the adducts affords the sod
ium sails of alpha,alpha-difluoromethylenephosphonothioates 22 which u
pon acidic treatment deliver the corresponding acids 4.