Pure Appl. Chem., 2007, Vol. 79, No. 12, pp. 2217-2227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200779122217
H-Phosphonates: Versatile synthetic precursors to biologically active phosphorus compounds*
Abstract:
In this review, a short account of H-phosphonate chemistry and its application to the synthesis of biologically important phosphates and their analogs is given.
*Invited contribution to a collection of papers for the IUPAC project 2005-042-1-300 "Chemistry for Biology". Other contributions to the project are published in this issue, pp. 2179-2366.
Keywords
biological activity; drugs; H-phosphonates; nucleic acids; phosphate analogs.