I. Fernandez et al., Dearomatizing anionic cyclizations of N-benzyl-N-methyldiphenylphosphinamides. Synthesis of gamma-(N-methylamino)phosphinic acids, ORG LETT, 3(9), 2001, pp. 1339-1342
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The first dearomatizing anionic reaction of a phenyl ring promoted by an N-
benzyl-n-methylphosphinamide group is described, The intermediate lithium s
pecies can be trapped with different electrophiles, affording tetrahydroben
zo[c]-1-aza-2 lambda (6)-phospholes with excellent diastereoselectivity. Th
e new process is a simple and very efficient entry to the stereoselective s
ynthesis of functionalized gamma-(N-methylamino)phosphinic acids and esters
.