Abstract: | Novel racemic and optically active constrained N‐phosphonoalkyl bicyclic β‐amino acids have been synthesized via the Kabachnik–Fields reaction of the (RS) or (R)‐1‐aminobicyclo2.2.2]octane‐2‐carboxylic acids with paraformaldehyde and benzaldehyde, and the dimethyl‐H‐phosphonate. The structure of obtained compounds was characterized by NMR (1H, 13C, and 31P), LC/MS, and X‐ray diffraction analyses. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 23:123–130, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com . DOI 10.1002/hc.20759 |