phosphanes

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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]
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1357 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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