V. Sum et al., STEREOSELECTIVE PHOSPHONYLATION OF ALDEHYDES VIA CHIRAL PHOSPHORDIAMIDITES - A POTENTIALLY VERSATILE ASYMMETRIC ROUTE TO ORGANOPHOSPHORUS BIOMOLECULES, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (6), 1994, pp. 743-744
The novel, chiral phosphordiamidite, {N,O-(1R,2S)-MeNCHMeCHPhO}PN(SiMe
3)2 containing deprotonated ephidrine has been shown to phosphonylate
aldehydes readily to afford alpha-functionalised phosphonate esters wi
th diasteroselectivities up to ca. 96%.