“…Those described include among others alkaline deacylation of 1-(acylamino)alkylphosphonic acids, ref. [31] oxidative dephosphorylation of 1-aminoalkylphosphonic acids [32], oxidation of 1-(N,N-dialkylamino)-alkylphosphonic acids leading to corresponding N,N-dialkyl-N-oxide derivatives [30], or recently effective preparation of 1-aminoalkylphosphonic acid quaternary ammonium salts from simple 1-aminoalkylphosphonic acid [27]. On the other hand, the use of analogous 2-aminoalkanoic acids as substrates, particularly in diazotization reaction, is a well-known methodology that yields 2-hydroxyalkanoic acids or 2-chloroalkanoic acids (Scheme 1a) [34][35][36][37], useful building blocks in medicinal chemistry [38][39][40], total synthesis of natural products [41][42][43], and polymer chemistry [44][45][46].…”