A series of a-diazophosphonic acid salts (EhNS0zCN2P032-, i-Pr2O3PCN2PO, 2-, and RR'NCOCN2P0, 2-) have been synthesized by diazo transfer to a diester precursor followed by ester cleavage with trimethylsilyl bromide. These compounds show disparate stabilities: the sulfamoyl-and phosphono-substituted derivatives decompose slowly even at pH 6.0 (21" C, 0.2 M phosphate buffer; tlj2= 5 h), whereas the N, N-dimethylcarbamoyl-substituted ...