4S)-4-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane with various alkyl halides gave the diastereomerically pure phosphinates with regioselective cleavage of the primary carbon–oxygen bond. These phosphinates reacted with Grignard reagents to give optically active phosphine oxides in high optical yields.
(2S,4S)-4-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane 与各种卤代烷的 Arbuzov 反应得到了非对映异构纯的
次膦酸盐,其主要碳氧键的区域选择性裂解。这些
次膦酸盐与
格氏试剂反应以高光学产率得到光学活性氧化膦。