“…[5,12]). As initial compounds, we used accessible trimethylsilyl phosphites and 2-pyridylethylphosphonite that were successfully applied earlier to the synthesis of organophosphorus analogs of amino acids containing amino and carboxyl groups [13]. Therefore, trimethylsilyl phosphites and bis(trimethylsilyl) 2-pyridylethylphosphonite readily react with acid chlorides in methylene chloride to form bisphosphonate 14-18 or bisphosphinates 19-22, respectively, in high yields (Eq.…”