Abstract: | The aminomethylation of the derivatives of trivalent organophosphorus acids, containing PH and POSiMe3 fragments with various bis‐ and tris(alkoxymethyl)amines and bis(alkoxymethyl)amino acids, is proposed as a convenient method for the synthesis of new bis‐ and trisphosphorylated amines and amino acids as well as their derivatives with four and five coordinated phosphorus. Also the three‐components systems of phosphorous acid, paraformaldehyde, and amines are thoroughly investigated via the treatment of reaction mixtures with bis(trimethylsilyl)amine. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 21:430–440, 2010; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com . DOI 10.1002/hc.20616 |