A novel acid-promoted N- to O-phosphonyl migration is described in N-(2-hydroxyethyl)phosphonamides giving O-(2-aminoethyl)phosphonates, a reaction which parallels the known N- to O-acyl migration in N-monoacyl-alpha-aminoalcohols.
A novel acid-promoted N- to O-phosphonyl migration is described in N-(2-hydroxyethyl)phosphonamides giving O-(2-aminoethyl)phosphonates, a reaction which parallels the known N- to O-acyl migration in N-monoacyl-alpha-aminoalcohols.