A New Approach to Producing Metaphosphates and Phosphorylating in Mild Conditions

Abstract

The fomation of monomeric metaphosphate has been postulated before, mainly i pyrolytic [1,2] or photolytic [3] fragmentation reactions. Meantime, these reactive intermediats are presumed to participate in the processes of electrophilic phosphorylation in living organisms [4]. In this connection it is reasonable that an active interest is being shown in the development of methods of generating metaphosphates in mild conditions [4–7] compatible with biological systems in order to simulate biological phosphoryl-transfer reactions.