Structural effect of substituents directly bonded to carbanions bearing a phosphorate moiety is examined. Nucleophihc addition of phosphonate carbanion to 1-nitroalkene followed by subsequent reaction with chlorotrimethylsilane leads to a series of 2-isoxazoline based on the formation of an alkene and silyl nitronate as a 1,3-dipole. On the other hand, addition of carbanion derived from isocyanomethylphosphonate to nitroalkene with the formation of nitronate followed by intromolecular cyclization provides substituted phosphoryl pyrroles.
