PH3
and compounds derived from it by substituting one, two or three hydrogen atoms by
hydrocarbyl groups
R3P
.
RPH2
,
R2PH
and
R3P
(
R
≠
H)
are called primary, secondary and tertiary phosphines, respectively. A specific phosphine
is preferably named as a substituted phosphane, e.g.
CH3PH2
methylphosphane.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1357
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).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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