Results Lipophilic Alcohols (RIOH) as" First Alcohol"(R'OH) in the Phosphorylation Sequence. Procedure 1. Three alcohols of increasing lipophilicity, 2-methyl-1-propanol (3a), 1-octadecanol (3b), and cholesterol (3c), are converted into the corresponding alkyl phosphorylcholine zwitterions, la-c, following the sequence of reactions shown in Scheme 111. The first step is the phosphorylation of the alcohol by the cyclic enediol phosphor~ ...