Abstract: | Phosphonylmethylaminocyclopentane‐1‐carboxylic acid was synthesized using Kabachnik–Fields reaction conditions in high yield and was characterized by NMR (1H, 31P, and 13C) and FAB spectroscopy. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 14:229–230, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.10124 |