“…Accordingly, the minor diastereomer is indicated by 'mi'. The following compounds were synthesized according to known procedures: rac-7λ 5 -dinaphtho[2,3-d:2,3-f][1,3,2]dioxaphosphepin-7-one (= BINOL-phosphonate, 1), 37 5,5-dimethyl-1,3,2λ 5 -dioxaphosphinan-2-one (2a), 38 diisopropyl phosphonate (2b), 39 2,2,5,5tetramethyl-2,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazole (3a), 26 2,2-dimethyl-1thia-4-azaspiro [4.5]dec-3-ene (3b), 26 2,2-dimethyl-1-thia-3azaspiro [4.5]dec-3-ene (3c), 40 7-thia-14-azadispiro[5.1.5.2]pentadec-14-ene (3d), 40 1-thia-4-azaspiro[4.5]dec-3-ene (3e), 41 rac-2,2-dimethyl-5-isopropyl-2,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazole (4), 42 rac-2-phenyl-5,5-dimethyl-2,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazole (5a), 41 rac-2-tert-butyl-5,5-dimethyl-2,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazole (5d), 43 rac-2-tert-butyl-1-thia-3-azaspiro[4.5]dec-3-ene (5e), 44 rac-2isopropyl-1-thia-3-azaspiro [4.5]dec-3-ene (5f). 45 General procedure for the BF 3 -catalyzed hydrophosphonylation of 2,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazoles 3-5 (GP1)…”