Syntheses of novel phosphorus heterocycles containing α-amino or α-hydroxyphosphonic or phosphinic acids motifs are developed. 2, 3-dihydro-1, 3-oxaphospholes (1) and 1, 4, 2- oxazaphosphinanes (2) exhibit a reactive part, respectively the enolether moiety and the P– H bond, which allows various structural modifications:(i) for 1a, by introduction of amino substituents,(ii) for 2a, by hydroxy-or aminoalkylation, by Michael addition or by P- ...