US Patent 7091213 Phosphorus-containing compounds and uses thereof

This invention concerns a new family of phosphorus-containing compounds containing a moiety JQA- in which:A is absent or is —O—, —S— or —NR2—;Q is absent or (if A is —O—, —S— or —NR2—) Q may be —V—, —OV—, —SV—, or —NR2V—, 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 NR2VA;