“…An important strategy in fighting antibiotic resistance is the discovery, development of novel antibiotics, and increasing the efficacy of the antibiotic that is already in a clinical study [ 7 ]. In this context, α-aminophosphonates gained great interest by medicinal chemists because of their diverse biological and industrial applications such as antibacterial [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ], anticancer [ 13 , 14 , 15 ], enzyme inhibitors [ 16 , 17 ], and chelating material [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ] which made them a promising drug candidate for further optimization. These compounds are phosphorus analogs of naturally occurring α-amino acids and therefore, are considered promising in the field of drug discovery and development [ 22 ].…”