“…The 2-pyrrolylphosphonic diesters (242) Esters of (3-hydroxy-2-indoly1)phosphonic acid (247: R2 = Me: R1 = Me, allyl, Bn, 154 or 2-furanylmethyl) have been prepared according to Scheme 20. Nitroalkenes are being examined increasingly as valuable reactants in a variety of syntheses: one such use has just been mentioned. The reaction between PhCH=CR(N02) The BF3.Et20-assisted ring-opening of epoxides by phosphites or methylphosphonate carbanions form an excellent procedure for the synthesis of (8-hydroxyalky1)phosphonates (279) or (y-hydroxyalky1)phosphonates (280). 74…”