Abstract
2-Hydroxymethylphenylphosphine oxides undergo partial racemization in the reaction with mesyl anhydride or mesyl chloride. A possible mechanism is discussed.
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Acknowledgments
Financial support by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Grant No N204 131140 (for Piotr Kiełbasiński) and by CMMS PAS, grant 551-23 for PhD students (for S. Kaczmarczyk), is gratefully acknowledged.