A Single-Step Asymmetric Phosphodiester Synthesis from Alcohols with Phosphoenolpyruvate Phosphodiester

05 May 2021, Version 1
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Abstract

Phosphodiester are important structural motifs observed in a diverse field of molecular science. It is, thus, important to develop a simple and robust way to synthesize them from corresponding alcohols. Here we report a single-step asymmetric phosphodiester synthesis from alcohols with phosphoenolpyruvate phosphodiesters as phosphoryl donors. This transformation allows for the use of various functionalized alcohols as substrates, and would be useful for diverse fields including biology and medicine.

Keywords

Phosphorylation
alcohol
phosphodiester
phosphoenolpyruvate
pentacoordinate phosphorous

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