E. Bandini et al., SILICON-DIRECTED ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF (IR, 2S)-(-)-(1,2-EPOXYPROPYL)PHOSPHONIC ACID (FOSFOMYCIN) FROM (S)-LACTALDEHYDE, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 6(9), 1995, pp. 2127-2130
The title compound is obtained in high diastereomeric purity based on
the stereoselective addition of trimethylsilyldibenzylphosphite (TMSDB
P) to O-triisopropylsilyloxy (S)-lactaldehyde.