“…Extending Nifant'ev's work on the synthesis of phosphinates through a radical chain mechanism, Piettre and co-workers found that substrates 213 − 215 react with hypophosphorous acid, H 2 P(O)OH, and its sodium salt, H 2 P(O)ONa, in the presence of a catalytic amount of tert -butylperoxypivalate as radical initiator to give the expected adducts 216 − 218 in 75−83% isolated yields (Chart ). , The α,α-difluoro- H -phosphinates thus obtained exhibit the features of typical hydrophosphoryl compounds and can participate in a second radical addition reaction. Thus, the sodium salt of hypophosphorous acid was shown to act as a double radical precursor in a double, sequential radical addition on 3- exo -methylenefuranose derivatives.…”