Zb. Zhang et al., THE SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL ORGANOGERMANIUM COMPOUNDS CONTAINING PHOSPHONIC ESTERS BY MANNICH-TYPE REACTION, Phosphorus, sulfur and silicon and the related elements, 126, 1997, pp. 273-281
A new kind of Mannich-type reaction involving an intramolecular cataly
sis mechanism was applied for the synthesis of alpha-aminogermyl phosp
honic esters. It was found that the carbonyl group was activated by th
e coordination between the oxygen atom and the germanium atom. Differe
nt amines were investigated under the same reaction conditions. The st
ructures of the products were determined by H-1, P-31 NMR, IR spectra,
and elemental analysis.