Synthesis of a new class of phosphinic acids: Synthesis of novel four-membered cyclic oxaphosphetanes by intramolecular mitsunobu reaction of bis(-hydroxyalkyl)phosphinic acids

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-0030-1260170

A novel class of phosphinic acid derivatives, four-membered cyclic oxaphosphetanes, was synthesized by the reaction of bis(hydroxymethyl)phosphinic acids with a mixture of triphenylphosphine and diisopropyl azodicarboxylate in toluene-dichloromethane at r