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PP, a Laboratory Reagent?
Author(s) -
Russell Christopher A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201006243
Subject(s) - reagent , white phosphorus , chemistry , diphosphines , combinatorial chemistry , phosphorus , organic chemistry , catalysis
Two P or not two P? This bastardization of a well‐known Shakespearean phrase is used to highlight recent work that shows that irradiation of white phosphorus produces diphosphorus, P 2 (see scheme), which may be reacted in situ in a double Diels–Alder reaction to give cage diphosphines.