Recommended name for
carbene analogues having the structure
RP:
(former IUPAC name is phosphinediyls). A common non-IUPAC synonym is phosphinidenes.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1357