Seventeen α-aminophosphonates are synthesized. Their compositions and structures are established by EA, UV, FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 31P NMR and ESI-MS. Compounds 1–4 are confirmed by X-ray crystallography. PTP inhibition shows compounds 1–5, 12, 15 are moderate competitive inhibitors with some selectivity. The most potent inhibitor is compound 5 with the lowest IC50 value about 6.64 μM against PTP1B, about 2-fold and 25-fold ...