An organocatalytic biomimetic approach to α-aminophosphonates†
Abstract
A novel biomimetic approach to optically active α-aminophosphonates utilizing readily available acylphosphonates and 2-chlorobenzylamine as starting materials has been described. The enantioselective protonation constitutes the main enantiodifferentiating step in the developed strategy. This nature-inspired approach proceeds efficiently and in a highly stereoselective manner.