“…Hydroxydiamantanes 2a,b were converted to the corresponding chlorophosphonates 3ad, 3bd, 3ac, and 3bc through the phosphorylation reaction in trifluoroacetic acid [17,18] utilizing PhPCl 2 and AdPCl 2 as phosphorylating agents (Scheme 2). Chlorophosphonates 3ad, 3bd, 3ac, and 3bc were further reduced with LiAlH 4 in tetrahydrofuran to give phosphines 4ad, 4bd, 4ac, and 4bc.…”