Abstract Benzyl phosphites were used in the Micaelis-Arbuzov reaction. Special experimental conditions allowed preparation of a set of phosphonate analogs of mono-, di-, and triphosphate. Furthermore, regioselective monodeprotection makes these molecules useful building blocks for the synthesis of analogs of polyphosphorylated compounds of biological interest (eg nucleotides), after removal of all phosphonate benzyl ester groups ...
[Rempel, Brian P.; Tropak, Michael B.; Mahuran, Don J.; Withers, Stephen G. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2011 , vol. 50, # 44 p. 10381 - 10383]