Zengxiang Zhao,[a] Wanhua Xue,[a] Yuxing Gao,[a] Guo Tang,*[a] and Yufen Zhao [a, b] α- Hydroxy phosphonates have attracted considerable attention owing to their critical roles in anticancer drugs, plant growth regulators, and enzyme inhibitors.[1] The traditional way to synthesize α-hydroxy phosphonates is an addition reaction of monobasic phosphorus (the Pudovik reaction) or odorous trialkyl phosphite (the Abramov reaction) to an aldehyde or ...
