A practical method for synthesizing chiral α‐amino phosphonic acid derivatives was developed. Readily available and stable N‐o‐nitrophenylsulfenyl (Nps) imino phosphonate was utilized as a substrate for a highly enantioselective Friedel–Crafts‐type addition of indole or pyrrole nucleophiles catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acid. The resulting adduct was easily converted into N‐9‐fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) amino phosphonic acid, which is useful for synthesizing peptides containing an amino phosphonic acid.
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