“…A considerable number of organophosphorus compounds have been prepared by the addition of dialkyl phosphonates to ethylenic double bonds conjugated with certain "activating" groups. These groups include the dialkylphosphono (141,193,202,206,207,217,222), oxo (35,36,140,192,194,198,203,204,212), cyano (35,36,199,203,205,213), carboalkoxy (35,36,195,197,199,200,203,205,213), carbamyl (199), and carboxy (199) groups. This method was first described by Pudovik but was discovered independently in a number of other laboratories.…”