Synthesis of 5'-triphosphate mimics (P3Ms) of 3'-azido-3',5'-dideoxythymidine and 3',5'-dideoxy-5'-difluoromethylenethymidine as HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors

Difluoromethylenediphosphonate: A Convenient, Scalable, and High-Yielding Synthesis

[reaction: see text] Since the first disclosure of difluoromethylenediphosphonate, 2, almost 40 years ago, interest in this compound has flourished in several research areas. In this paper, we present a convenient, high-yielding (99% overall) method for the preparation of milligram to multigram quantities of 2 (as the bis(tributylammonium salt, 2b) in a solid form that is easy to handle.