Isolation of an elusive phosphatetrahedrane

This exploratory synthesis investigation was undertaken to determine the viability of replacing a single carbon vertex with another p-block element in a highly strained tetrahedrane molecule. Phosphorus was selected for this purpose because the stable molecular form of elemental phosphorus is tetrah...

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Main Authors: Riu, Martin-Louis Y., Jones, Rebecca L., Transue, Wesley, Müller, Peter, Cummins, Christopher C
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127739