Pvp. Pragnacharyulu et E. Abushanab, STEREOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF THE PHOSPHONATE ISOSTERE OF 2-DEOXYRIBOSE-3-PHOSPHATE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(31), 1995, pp. 5507-5510
A stereospecific synthesis of the phosphonate isostere of 2-deoxyribos
e-3-phosphate is described with BF3-OEt(2) mediated epoxide opening re
action as a key step.