P. Page et al., AN IMPROVED SYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHONOMETHYL ANALOGS OF GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE AND DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(44), 1995, pp. 8027-8030
Compounds 1 and 2, phosphonate analogues of dihydroxy-acetone phosphat
e (DHAP) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (GAP) respectively, are easily
and quantitatively obtained from diethyl-4,4-diethoxy-3-hydroxybutyl-
1-phosphonate 3. Depending upon the acidic conditions utilised for the
deprotection of the phosphonate and carbonyl groups, the aldol/ketol
rearrangement allows the synthesis of either compound.