Phosphorus-containing compounds and uses thereof

Abstract

This invention concerns a new family of phosphorus-containing compounds containing a moiety JQA- in which: A is absent or is —O—, —S— or —NR—; Q is absent or (if A is —O—, —S— or —NR—) Q may be —V—, —OV—, —SV—, or —NRV—, where V is an aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aryl, or heteroaryl moiety, such that J is linked to the cyclohexyl ring directly, through A or through VA, OVA, SVA or NRVA; K is O or S;each occurrence of Y is independently —O—, —S—, —NR—, or a bond linking a Rmoiety to P;each occurrence of Rand Ris independently an aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, aryl, or heteroaryl moiety, or H; andeach occurrence of Ris independently —PK(YR)(YR), —SO(YR) or —C(O)(YR); so long as any R, or Rmoiety linked directly to P is not H;wherein two R, Rand/or Rmoieties may be chemically linked to one another to form a ring;each occurrence of G is independently —O—, —S—, —NR— or (M);each occurrence of M is independently a substituted or unsubstituted methylene moiety, and any M-M' moiety may be saturated or unsaturated;each occurrence of x is independently an integer from 1-6; and the other variables are as defined herein.