Frontmatter -- Preface / Keglevich, György -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Typical approaches for the preparation of phosphine oxides; a review on the synthetic methods applied in the last five years / Keglevich, György -- 2. Methods for the preparation of phosphinates and phosphonates with a focus on recent advances / Kiss, Nóra Zsuzsa / Keglevich, György -- 3. The importance of organophosphorus compounds as biologically active agents / Tajti, Ádám / Keglevich, György -- 4. Resolution of phosphine oxides / Bagi, Péter / Herbay, Réka -- 5. Synthesis of α-hydroxyphosphonates, an important class of bioactive compounds / Rádai, Zita / Kiss, Nóra Zsuzsa / Keglevich, György -- 6. Synthesis of α-aminophosphonates by the Kabachnik-Fields reaction and by the Pudovik reaction / Bálint, Erika / Tripolszky, Anna / Tajti, Ádám -- 7. The use of the T3P® reagent in the synthesis of phosphinic and phosphonic derivatives / Henyecz, Réka / Milen, Mátyás / Kánai, Károly / Keglevich, György -- 8. P-C couplings by the Hirao reaction / Henyecz, Réka / Keglevich, György -- 9. Deoxygenation of phosphine oxides / Kovács, Tamara / Keglevich, György -- 10. Dronic acid derivatives - An important group of phosphorus-containing drugs / Nagy, Dávid Illés / Grün, Alajos / Keglevich, György -- 11. P-Chemistry at ambient conditions: A recent update / Brahmachari, Goutam -- 12. Recent developments in the |