Racemic tertiary phosphines are obtained from dichlorophenylphosphine by a “one pot” synthesis in two steps: (1) condensation of one equivalent of an organocadmium, and (2) substitution of the second chlorine by another organometallic compound.
5-disubstituted-α-D-glucofuranose proceeds with very high stereoselectivity to give stereochemically pure phosphinic and phosphinous acid esters, which are starting reagents for preparation of chiral organophosphoruscompounds. Stereoselectivity of the reaction depends on the nature of bases, solvent, temperature and excess of chlorophosphine.