• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.994-998
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• 1997

The addition of phosphite derivatives 1 to nitroalkenes 2 afforded α-phosphoryl nitronates which, on treatment MCPBA, were converted β-keto phosphonates 3. A versatile reaction conditions to generate α-phosphoryl nitronates were examined. α-Cyanoalkylphosphonates 6 were prepared from the diethyl trimethylsilyl phosphite (DTSP) 1c with nitroalkenes 2 and followed by reduction.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.2435-2441
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• 2007

The catalytic enantioselective electrophilic fluorinations of active methane compounds promoted chiral palladium complexes have been developed. Treatment of α-cyano acetates and α-cyanoalkylphosphonates with N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide as the fluorine source under mild reaction conditions afforded the corresponding α-cyano-α-fluorinated adducts in high yields with excellent enantiomeric excesses (up to 99% ee). These reactions can be conducted in alcoholic solvents without any precaution to exclude water and moisture.