https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04548
The saturated hydrides of tervalent phosphorus having the general formula PnHn+2. Individual members having an unbranched phosphorus chain are named phosphane, diphosphane, triphosphane, etc. The name of a saturated @[email protected] of phosphorus wherein one or more phosphorus atoms have a @[email protected] of 5 is formed by prefixing locants and \(\lambda ^{5}\) symbols to the name of the corresponding phosphane. Hydrocarbyl derivatives of PH3 belong to the class @[email protected]