Project supported by the National Key Program for Basic Research (Nos. 2003CB114404, 2005CCA01500), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20362004) and the Doctoral Program Foundation of the Ministry of Education, China (No. 20040657003).
Chiral α-aminophosphonates were synthesized using (R) or (S)-1-phenylethylamine in the presence of BF3·Et2O under microwave irradiation in moderate to good yields. The new compounds were identified by ^1H NMR, ^...